Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If Jones has outlived Smith this can not be explained by showing that he earlier had the higher life expectancy , and then arguing that this duly caused him to live the longer life .
2 Peter had discovered that his five villages would not like him to have a working wife .
3 The first reason for McElroy 's unease is that President Reagan has just told him to prepare a brief for doing away with his own job — and that of most of the other 1100 people on the administrator 's staff .
4 In our opinion his health will no longer enable him to sustain the heavy burdens inseparable from the office of Prime Minister .
5 Satan was never wronged nor despised in Heaven ; the exaltation of the son was meant for the good of all the angels but he was so stupid his pride would not allow him to tolerate the unintentional insult .
6 I desperately wanted him to see the right ‘ way to go ’ .
7 In the course of their many arguments , Amanda once asked him to consider the domestic condition of the Fergusson family , who lived together with strong bonds of affection , and declare whether they too were the consequence of chaos , hazard and malice .
8 ‘ This lady , ’ said Paviour , stepping aside to allow him to follow the mild gesture that indicated Charlotte , ‘ pulled you out .
9 My mother was always telling him to measure the right amount with the cap of the bottle , but it was n't his style .
10 It also allowed him to include a wide range of ‘ non-sacred ’ ideas and images which colour our lives from the cradle to the grave , not least those of loving and sexuality .
11 Brunel had also commissioned him to prepare an abortive scheme for him for a house at Watcombe in 1851 .
12 There was no way to teach a man to read the Bible — a predominant intention in much early education in literacy — which did not also enable him to read the radical press .
13 She also persuaded him to buy a hip-length jacket to help the suffering young lady keep warm if she was only sitting around nursing her ankle .
14 They ca n't really expect him to have a physical game this afternoon can they with David Speedy ?
15 The role gave Dustin plenty of scope to demonstrate his versatility , even allowing him to warble a few songs , including a vaudeville fish ditty , and to dance with beer cans strapped to the soles of his feet .
16 We would n't want him to play the same trick on us , stealing our clients so he can deal them elsewhere , " said Fox Milton director Philip Raisey .
17 She did n't want him to have a hurt heart that he hid with bitter repartee .
18 Do n't expect him to do the same .
19 I listened closely to what he had to say , but I then pressed him to name the best-known avant-garde artists for me .
20 Topaz clawed Andrew 's back , silently begging him to satisfy the ravenous craving within her which was reaching unbearable proportions .
21 She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone .
22 This interest ultimately led him to write a separate work on the topic , Die Mark .
23 After several rejections the war artists ' committee grudgingly asked him to paint an underground bomb store near Burton-on-Trent in 1942 .
24 In a sense Lecercle ( whose own name doubtless encouraged him to consider the surplus meanings language provides ) is sticking up for parole , the language as she is spoke ( or written ) .
25 When six chimed on the clock above the door , I reluctantly asked him to push the blind back in , and to lock up while I checked over the day 's takings .
26 ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’
27 My husband was a native New Yorker , and I could never get him to leave the Big Apple even for a holiday .
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