Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This story of Terry 's about going after your father to ask him for a loan to buy a small-holding — what do you make of that ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was trying to get hold of their coach to stop him from going back to Italy in a casket . |
| 3 | Bernice launched herself at him , using all of her weight to throw him off her . |
| 4 | And does Bob Halton have to use his old car or the demands of his mother to protect him from yet another demanding woman , whom he senses beneath the caring , loving girl he married ? |
| 5 | Carmichael states that ‘ the plant is secretly secured in the bodices of the women and in the vests of the men , under the left armpit ’ , while Martin Martin gives an account of a man in Berneray , Harris , who wore it in the neck of his coat to prevent him from seeing visions , and ‘ he never saw any since he first carried that plant about with him ’ . |
| 6 | Prang your opponent with your lance to turn him into an egg . |
| 7 | He told her : ‘ Whatever Howard Smith 's treatment of you — and I accept that it was evil and gross — you embarked on this conspiracy with your father to murder him with remarkable deliberation and involvement in the arrangements for his killing . ’ |
| 8 | The Wembley midfielder launched a sensational attack on the ‘ Caring Club ’ and accused them of not caring enough in their bid to keep him at Roker Park . |
| 9 | As the fellows told the King in September 1687 , " the Electing the Bishop of Oxford " was " directly contrary to their statutes , and to their positive oaths " , and although " they were as ready to obey the K. in all things that lay in their power " , they " could not apprehend it in their power to obey him in this matter " . |
| 10 | He thought , eating it , that he must be careful not to be too metaphorical in his instructions , since , in her anxiety to obey him to the letter , she might feed him a diet of unrelieved soup and rice pudding . |
| 11 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In other words , they demand that he give a lead ; meanwhile , however , countless obstacles are placed in his path to prevent him from actually exercising leadership . |
| 14 | There was nothing in his house to remind him of Ecalpemos . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | My Lord the defence admit that no such advice was given to the plaintiff but they deny that they were under any duty er to give such advice and it is pleaded in the that er the defendants will rely upon the fact that Mr er held himself out to be er an experienced man of business and as such it was not necessary on their part to advise him upon the adequacy and arrangements for the financing of the operation . |
| 17 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 18 | I decided to follow him to his bedroom to confront him with this unacceptable behaviour . |
| 19 | Alexei thrust past Jehana and kicked the dwarfs legs from under him , then stood over him , a foot planted on his chest to prevent him from escaping again . |
| 20 | Now he was happy enough to let Rickards impose on his solitude to use him as a sounding board . |
| 21 | Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon . |
| 22 | In the first place , if you are being seen in a hospital out-patient department , the doctor who sees you should write to your GP to inform him of what treatment has been given . |
| 23 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 24 | A kick which falls short places the kicker at a distinct disadvantage , because his body weight is totally behind the kick , so that it is easy for his opponent to pull him off balance . |
| 25 | Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely . |
| 26 | But they had also demonstrated , by their eagerness to deflect him from it , that his was no fool 's errand . |
| 27 | At the age of 12 , Kitto was taken on by his father to assist him in his trade , and it was shortly afterwards when he was working for his father slating a new roof that he lost his footing in the act of stepping off a ladder and fell thirty-five feet to the ground . |