Example sentences of "they [vb base] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you know with huskies , if one of them drops dead , the rest of them eat him . |
| 2 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 3 | sat there watching them catch him up he did n't see them before they got him stopped like . |
| 4 | Then he knows that they fear him more than dishonour . |
| 5 | He is consistent and they esteem him , he is firm and they fear him |
| 6 | I wait two yards from the foot of the steps as they bring him out . |
| 7 | I wear them every Sunday because they bring him back to me . |
| 8 | they make too much fuss of him and they bring him back |
| 9 | He gives his orders to wind and waves , and they obey him ( Mark 4:41 ; Luke 8:25 ) , |
| 10 | ‘ With authority he commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him ’ ( 1:27 ) . |
| 11 | They spring into the next lift , catch sight of him again in the lobby , and trail him for miles , on underground trains and buses , out into sparse unfinished housing estates among the vague terrains on the outskirts of the city , elaborating increasingly fantastic and boring explanations of his destination and business , until , mercifully , they lose him , and can return to the dirty bookshops and Chinese restaurants . |
| 12 | They sit him in the rocking-chair in front of the hearth , to rock himself back and forth as he muses out loud about the enslavement of man by natural technology . |
| 13 | ‘ So we all go up in the lift , and the two bucks as good as carry the mother 's boy into the room ; he 's almost completely gone , and they sit him on the bed and they pour some of the champagne down him and then they come out . |
| 14 | It 's followed by more noise , sharp and ugly , as they drag him into the kitchen . |
| 15 | When she came back from a date with the Prince she would be full of sympathy for him uttering phrases like ‘ they work him too hard ’ or ‘ it 's appalling the way they push him around . ’ |
| 16 | If he starts playing with the keys attached to the back of their belts , they push him away . |
| 17 | On that final day there will be many like that , little earlier on in the book of Titus in the first chapter Paul says in verse sixteen they profess to no God , but by their deed they deny him |
| 18 | And people are asking for advice and blessings , telling him about the problems they trust him to solve . |
| 19 | What is more , the Spirit who has become resident in the followers of Jesus mediates to them the victory over the world which Jesus had ( 4:4 ) as they trust him for the power to overcome temptation ( 5:3,4 ) . |
| 20 | Well anyway erm they it was interesting , they all seemed rather positive and the reason they were positive is because they perceive him as classless , as somebody who 's actually come up the hard way , who 's experienced the down side of life and who 's nevertheless , through hard work and perseverance and so on , triumphed over that , and actually reached the highest post in the land , and erm they seemed to feel that there was a erm that this was a good thing , that somebody who 's had experience of erm the less privileged side of life , somebody who , and I quote ‘ was n't born with a silver spoon in is mouth , and did n't got to public school and that sort of thing knows more about what 's life for the average person ’ and I agree with that . |
| 21 | In other words , they make him feel less helpless in the face of adversity . |
| 22 | They make him work . ’ |
| 23 | Some methods avoid native language explanations altogether on the grounds that such explanations can only be abstract and confusing to the learner , and that they make him spend his time not so much in learning the language but rather in learning about the language ( Mackey 1965 p 240 ) . |
| 24 | The Commander 's gay as a grasshopper , old Dass 's son walks in and tells them they make him sick to the teeth . |
| 25 | They make him anxious . |
| 26 | so he can either sleep in bed with his dad and J J or but they make him up a bed on that . |
| 27 | They make him look fat . |
| 28 | Two French Commandos take over and carry their wounded comrade the remaining part of the way ; he manages a smile as they pick him up . |
| 29 | They grab him in a bearhug from behind . |
| 30 | And I said well if they fit him I 'll have them . |