Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one would hear her , but she could n't face having to find him among this unfamiliar crowd . |
| 2 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 3 | Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how the prioress kept sending him frowning glances at being ignored , interspersed with coy smiles in an attempt to provoke him into some loving conspiracy about the events of the previous night . |
| 4 | They guaranteed to indemnify him against any financial loss . |
| 5 | I am not underestimating him because that would be a serious mistake , but the greater our fear the more difficult it is to view him with that clinical detachment so vital for survival . |
| 6 | From 1899 to 1902 he encouraged young Labour church workers to visit him for informal religious training . |
| 7 | By being supportive like this , it will reassure him that his family love him and are there to help him through this difficult time . |
| 8 | ‘ He was upset that the boy would try to tap him for that dreadful suit . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you can do it , ’ Biddy said unrelenting , and called for Nails after school every day on her motor-bike to subject him to another two-hour session on the aptly named Switchback . |
| 10 | The southern entrance to the Bay was protected by a fearsome group of rocks , Les Cardinals , to port and a treacherous shoal , Le Four , to starboard and , with the weather worsening , Admiral Conflans was confident Hawke would not dare to pursue him through this hazardous gap without the benefit of local pilots , but he had underrated both his adversary 's daring and his seamanship . |
| 11 | Lewis pressed Adam to accompany him on those solicitous weekend visits but Adam nearly always said he was too busy or would be bored . |
| 12 | Instead of having Matt to myself , when I have n't seen him for months and months , I have to share him with this wretched woman who ca n't get her act together ! |
| 13 | whom he could trust , and he needed my youth to support him at this difficult time and so , like a fool , I had believed him and flown |
| 14 | oh cos Robin Day was really trying to get him with this nuclear thing |
| 15 | And she really began to hate him with such little strength as she had left . |
| 16 | From 1924 my father intended to write a major work about his friend and that is why he had asked Modigliani 's mother to supply him with all possible information about his childhood and adolescence . |
| 17 | We were just going to ask him about this proposed pay rise that 's all . |
| 18 | If the accusation receive official confirmation , a messenger is sent to confront the witch and to ask him with all due civility to cease his evil influence . |
| 19 | WHEN Country Member potters nervously into the paddock at Newbury today , the club regulars might feel inclined to dismiss him as some embarrassing visitor with straw in his hair . |
| 20 | On a Saturday afternoon , Corporal Tambini tried to cure him of this structural malformation . |
| 21 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 22 | I decided to follow him to his bedroom to confront him with this unacceptable behaviour . |
| 23 | All attempts to please him in any other way are mere mockery , and insults to the things by which you endeavour to do so . |