Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Jones has outlived Smith this can not be explained by showing that he earlier had the higher life expectancy , and then arguing that this duly caused him to live the longer life . |
| 2 | In our opinion his health will no longer enable him to sustain the heavy burdens inseparable from the office of Prime Minister . |
| 3 | I desperately wanted him to see the right ‘ way to go ’ . |
| 4 | In the course of their many arguments , Amanda once asked him to consider the domestic condition of the Fergusson family , who lived together with strong bonds of affection , and declare whether they too were the consequence of chaos , hazard and malice . |
| 5 | ‘ This lady , ’ said Paviour , stepping aside to allow him to follow the mild gesture that indicated Charlotte , ‘ pulled you out . |
| 6 | My mother was always telling him to measure the right amount with the cap of the bottle , but it was n't his style . |
| 7 | She also made him promise the usual things like writing to her every day and keeping warm . |
| 8 | There was no way to teach a man to read the Bible — a predominant intention in much early education in literacy — which did not also enable him to read the radical press . |
| 9 | I listened closely to what he had to say , but I then pressed him to name the best-known avant-garde artists for me . |
| 10 | Topaz clawed Andrew 's back , silently begging him to satisfy the ravenous craving within her which was reaching unbearable proportions . |
| 11 | She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone . |
| 12 | In a sense Lecercle ( whose own name doubtless encouraged him to consider the surplus meanings language provides ) is sticking up for parole , the language as she is spoke ( or written ) . |
| 13 | When six chimed on the clock above the door , I reluctantly asked him to push the blind back in , and to lock up while I checked over the day 's takings . |
| 14 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 15 | She had never imagined him doing the ordinary things of life : taking a bath , shaving , going shopping , or sitting in a bar somewhere with his friends , laughing and telling jokes . |
| 16 | My husband was a native New Yorker , and I could never get him to leave the Big Apple even for a holiday . |