Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 2 | She could not imagine him chasing after other women once he had committed himself , could not imagine him being so insensitive as to leave a woman — his woman — wondering why he was so late arriving home , or whether he was coming home at all . |
| 3 | Indeed so ‘ brilliant ’ was Mr Wyatt that his erstwhile inamorata once persuaded him to engage in carnal activity on board an aeroplane . |
| 4 | He faces , as well as an increasingly bad-tempered party , a pesky opposition noisily pressing him to push for Taiwanese independence . |
| 5 | No le , make it , do n't make him score in extra time just |
| 6 | I did n't want him to go to residential school at all . ’ |
| 7 | It 's a shame we wo n't see him racing on equal terms against Senna or Prost . ’ |
| 8 | I ca nt see him bowing to public/media pressure and playing donkeys . |