Example sentences of "[noun sg] you [vb mod] [vb infin] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( With an inattentive , hyperactive child you might hold him in front of you and ask him to repeat your request as a check that he has ‘ taken it in ’ . ) |
| 2 | I hope you have a family business you can push him into when he leaves school because he sure as heck wo n't get a job anywhere else . ’ |
| 3 | Maggie started to laugh , saying , ; ‘ If you could n't find him among the five hundred there 's less chance you 'll find him among the fifty . ’ |
| 4 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 5 | You can not attack an ‘ enemy ’ unless you know where in his environment you can find him at any given time , and the best techniques , properly applied , are needed to bring about his downfall . |
| 6 | Even within living memory the following saying was often quoted : ‘ If you find an honest miller you 'll know him by the tuft of hair growing in the palm of his hand . ’ |