Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] him [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 2 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 3 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 4 | Now that her son had taken over , she showed every sign of treating him in the same way , much to his discomfort . |
| 5 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 6 | Having seen herself properly dressed again , she could not bear the thought of confronting him in the skimpy , shabby , ready-made clothes of wartime London . |
| 7 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
| 8 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 9 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 10 | First , the bishop had been enthusiastic in inviting him to the new work and had been wide open to the initiative . |
| 11 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 12 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 13 | She had succeeded in damning him with the faintest of eulogies . |
| 14 | I am looking forward to seeing him in the French Open and hopefully he will win it this year ! |
| 15 | Such specimens as we collect are obtained without bothering him in the slightest — smears for chromosome checks , the occasional blood sample , and so on , that 's all . |
| 16 | Diana has helped Charles by bringing him into the modern era , teasing him and leavening his spirits , and keeping him young and abreast of young people 's thinking . |
| 17 | She pulled out the kitchen trash hopper , a laundry-basket kind of affair on squeaky castors , and set Donald on his journey to duck heaven by dropping him into the grey plastic liner . |
| 18 | For all but the very ill or those admitted as an emergency the nurse can help the patient with his problem of being among unfamiliar people by introducing him to the other patients in his immediate vicinity . |
| 19 | I disabused his mind on this point by telling him about the fresh pug marks I had seen at the pool , and advised him very strongly to collect his buffaloes and return to the village . |
| 20 | These feelings tend to be transitory but some patients remain psychologically disturbed for many years and , in a few psychological difficulties develop in the convalescent period which were not apparent during the acute episode.While these problems can sometimes be anticipated in hospital on the basis of the patient 's reaction to his illness , and any premorbid difficulties which he has encountered in the past , a better idea of his potential can be gained by following him during the convalescent period to observe how he copes with the various stresses and strains which he encounters during this time . |