Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] him [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders . |
| 2 | I was lucky enough to knock him out in the first round . |
| 3 | Worthless character had now run foul of the law and was willing to take one final payment , enough to get him out of the State , and out of her life for ever . |
| 4 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 5 | But despite Mr McDonald 's frantic efforts , the kiss of life was not enough to bring him back from the dead . |
| 6 | For all that , had she been right just to abandon him pitilessly for the first dashing knight to Pass her way ? |
| 7 | Will Carling , the captain of England , is travelling there for the first time and the selectors decided not to weigh him down with the cares of office . |
| 8 | ‘ Unless she took time off to mind him instead of the cat , ’ said Constance . |
| 9 | Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises . |
| 10 | Then she stretched up to kiss him warmly on the lips . |
| 11 | Jezrael lashed a hand out to punch him hard on the jaw . |
| 12 | We gave him whiskey and had n't to tie him up till the morning and that was only for his own good . ’ |
| 13 | Blissfully unaware that the full panoply of America 's military might was about to deliver him up to the majesty of American justice , President Reagan 's token terrorist was welcomed aboard Skunk Kilo by an undercover FBI team that was so wrought up by the occasion that in placing Younis under arrest they managed to break both his wrists , though he offered no resistance or showed any enthusiasm for the 12-mile swim back to Limassol . |
| 14 | You know because you , you sort of lost , she lost her track going in to that on how to get him back into the referrals . |
| 15 | taking any notice erm Mum will give him titbits occasionally and you 've got ta work hard then to get him out of the habit of it . |
| 16 | In 1638 the commoners found a champion of their causes in a local farmer whose career was ultimately to lead him far beyond the battles of the wetlands . |
| 17 | She even detached herself composedly when he was within , to have both hands free to drop the heavy wooden bar into place and fasten the door , and then took him by the hand again to bring him safely to the door of the undercroft , across the uneven stones . |