Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked him to take a fresh look at the situation , because my gut feeling is that the decision that 's been taken is not the right one . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 3 | Secondly , I urge him to make the best possible speed in this matter because for many of us it represents the most dreadful stain on our criminal justice system . |
| 4 | I tell him to ask the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | I urged him to have a few of the young daughters of the gentlefolk before he established the provisional government at the Smolny Institute . |
| 6 | ‘ Shall I tell him to wait a few minutes , Inspector ? |
| 7 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 8 | If the hon. Gentleman genuinely thinks that services that are contracted out are of lower quality than those done in house , I invite him to make the short journey between the London boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth . |
| 9 | It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . |
| 10 | When mid-table apathy sets in , I force him to undertake a rigorous training session which I , naturally , oversee . |
| 11 | For no earthly reason you caused him to believe a monstrous lie . " |
| 12 | She encouraged him to try a small amount of soft food and to take nourishing foods such as soups . |
| 13 | ‘ Turn around , ’ she suggested , her hand on his arm as she steered him to face the big window . |
| 14 | We do n't believe he was infectious before May 21 and we expect him to make a complete recovery . |
| 15 | Eventually we persuaded him to contact the previous owners . |
| 16 | They want him to have the best possible educational start , and they see children elsewhere , like Emma , getting a whole year 's schooling more than Sam . |
| 17 | Few of his ministers are saying , even in private , that they expect him to lose the next election . |
| 18 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 19 | Goff J at p555 stated thus : … it seems to me that the payments were for his benefit , since they enabled him to withdraw an equivalent amount of his frozen capital . |
| 20 | He should have read the writing on the machine they gave him to spin the golden thread . |
| 21 | But Mr Donnellan claimed they wanted him to admit a lesser charge to get him out of the college quietly . |
| 22 | Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law . |
| 23 | It asked him to omit the Foreign Secretary 's residence , and although generally to conform to the 1856 conditions , he should ascertain Hammond 's latest requirements and find out if the building could be reduced in size . |
| 24 | For one colleague in that Department , this experience was the initial point of contact with the study of language in relation to the educational process , and it led him to undertake an Open University degree including as many options in that area as were available . |
| 25 | He was not without talent , though , said Joe , and he advised him to join a local theatre group to get some experience now that the studio training scheme had been abolished . |
| 26 | In order to prove it was not composed of ‘ patsies ’ , as Reagan put it , the United States insisted that Arafat repeat specifically worded concessions concerning terrorism and recognition of Israel , and when he failed to do so verbatim , it required him to repeat the authorized US version . |
| 27 | For instance , it enabled him to use the very struggle for a subject , which had occupied so much of his line , since we can partly see that struggle as a struggle within Milton over his own humanist heritage . |
| 28 | It enabled him to ask the bluntest of questions in the politest of tones and to disguise his opinion behind the blandest of smiles . |
| 29 | Picturesque asymmetry appealed to him because it enabled him to allow the logical sequence of the rooms and considerations of service and privacy to determine the entire plan from of the house without any unnecessary duplication of accommodation . |
| 30 | Although Stich lost a 3–0 lead in the first set , he broke Becker again when he forced him to net a forehand volley . |