Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] him [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , it was his high principles that had obliged him to reject the daughter he loved ; a sad deed that had left its mark on him . |
| 2 | The power that had selected him to fulfil the prophecy . |
| 3 | If you go back to the time United Biscuits felt they had to close their Liverpool factory , the bishops up in Liverpool marched on Hector Laing and tried to persuade him to put the decision off . |
| 4 | The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made . |
| 5 | She looked at the woman , this woman who was her mother , this woman who lived behind a façade , who would n't let her husband into her bed and had caused him to take a mistress . |
| 6 | The Foreign Ministry announced on March 28 , 1990 , that it had accused a member of the Soviet trade mission of industrial espionage and had ordered him to leave the country . |
| 7 | Morton had become immediately more thoughtful , and had ordered him to keep the matter firmly underneath his hat . |
| 8 | In one instance , it was believed in the family that one sister had visited their father during his final illness and had persuaded him to make a new will in her favour , directing his hand as he signed it . |
| 9 | Richard rather liked Willis 's pictures , and had got him to do a pen and wash drawing of Lord Jim . |