Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 2 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 3 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 4 | They still said that he talked much too big , but they did stop treating him as a scruffy nonentity . |
| 5 | Grant felt a hammer blow strike him on the right breast and a searing pain in his right bicep . |
| 6 | For example , while the newcomers may fail to understand the skill and local status of the farm worker , they do not wish to treat him as a social outcast — this would run counter to the notion of community with which many newcomers strongly identify . |
| 7 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 8 | I could n't have stopped him with an anti-tank gun . |
| 9 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 10 | Would you have made him into the working-class Christopher Fry ? |
| 11 | The self-confidence inspired by his Eton and Trinity background may have helped him in the several differences of opinion he has encountered in his life . |
| 12 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 13 | According to Constanze , he received the news with painful resignation , saying that the situation would have enabled him for the first time to have sufficient leisure to write what he wanted , and to justify his growing reputation ; but instead only death awaited him . |
| 14 | It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse . |
| 15 | The headmistressy tone should have reduced him to an ill-behaved schoolboy . |
| 16 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 17 | Had the batsman not ducked , the ball might have struck him in the solar plexus . |
| 18 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 19 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 20 | ‘ Until this happened , I would have described him as a conventional Anglican . |
| 21 | I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land , wielding an axe against some giant tree . |
| 22 | But there 's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division . |
| 23 | So I mean , I will continue to harass him through the twelve months if possible , because I think |
| 24 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |