Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] he [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO .
2 My hon. Friend the Member for Norwich , North ( Mr. Thompson ) is grateful for what has been done to help him with the preservation of his local Anglian Regiment .
3 Specifically , an attempt has been made to present him as the architect of Salisbury Cathedral .
4 You 're going to knock on his door and you 're going to bring him outside and you 're going to put him in the car . ’
5 He said that , during the 20-minute journey to the quarry at Furnace on Loch Fyne , a lit cigarette had been used to burn him on the back of the neck , he had been struck constantly , and as the car travelled at speeds up to 70mph , the man beside him had opened the door and told him to take his chances and jump .
6 I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him .
7 They were written to proclaim him as the Christ , the anointed of God , the revealer of the Father , and to elicit the appropriate response of faith and trust in him .
8 Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently .
9 The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time .
10 They were ranked to meet him in the misty rain , every soul from castle and clachan , fidgeting and nervous , and in front of them all Marion Aluinn , eager to break the tense silence , lovely in her excitement .
11 The girls were allowed to visit him in the clinic .
12 His face and body were a mass of bruises after he had been attacked at his home by a forty-strong mob who were preparing to lynch him in the remains of his once beautiful garden when the military had arrived and bundled him into the back of a police van and brought him to La Tambier .
13 His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ?
14 So we are trying to introduce him to the larger world .
15 ‘ He ran well from a bad draw when beaten about four lengths at Redcar recently and I am hoping to run him in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster . ’
16 Promises quite often concern the actions of others : to consent to be governed by another is to promise to obey him ; to consent to his joining the expedition is to promise to provide him with the facilities and the help made available to members of the expedition .
17 Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) .
18 Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) .
19 Brain power and horse power is going to take him to the top of the sport .
20 Miguel 's going to ask him on the night — out of the blue .
21 ( 2 ) Before giving the prisoner the opportunity to make such representations , the Secretary of State is required to inform him of the period recommended by the judiciary as the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence , and of any other opinion expressed by the judiciary which is relevant to the Secretary of State 's decision as to the appropriate period to be served for these purposes .
22 Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation .
23 I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way .
24 The landlord 's wife was expected to accompany him on the trip to Head Office .
25 Procter 's anger at this annoyed Lloyd so much that he told his captain he was going to hit him over the pavilion ; and he did just that — next ball .
26 Erm he 's just come down with this rotten old cough and cold again and I was going to take him to the doctor 's but then they do n't like it giving them anything and I do n't like giving him anything so
27 For a small fee everyone was invited to spray him with the foam wherever they wanted — and they most certainly did !
28 Although convicted of taking part in the attack no evidence was brought linking him to the knife .
29 ‘ A wild rider , a woman , was reaching to tug him from the pyre .
30 He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face .
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