Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] him [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 2 | At first sight , his praise of the Romanian regime seemed to put him in the same class as the ‘ Red Dean ’ , Hewlett Johnson . |
| 3 | We arranged to meet him on the early train at Skipton the next day and off he went to his bog . |
| 4 | Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday . |
| 5 | Moses , for instance , was a whimpering mass of inferiority as God began to commission him at the burning bush . |
| 6 | His refusal to grant extra funding on the grounds of ‘ basic need ’ at the two schools in his own constituency created a political storm which threatened to deprive him of the Roman Catholic vote in the general election . |
| 7 | The glass was bullet-proof , sky-proof , sea-proof , plant-proof , stone-proof , everything-proof and he refused to come out of it , not even when the Headmaster threatened to throw him to the giant eel for being so cowardly . |
| 8 | His mother sought to protect him from the usual customs such as summoning the relatives to his father 's bedside , but the trauma was nevertheless very deeply felt . |
| 9 | She constantly needed to caution him about the many dangers he was either too young or too stupid to recognize for himself . |
| 10 | She thought for a moment , then decided to tell him of the little house in Washington where she and Mama had lived before Mama married Papa — She wondered briefly what Dr Neil would have made of that story . |
| 11 | If you went to see him in the '60s and you go and see him now , it 's pretty much the same ; he holds true and keeps his tradition . |
| 12 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 13 | Physio Alan Smith raced on and battled to revive him after the former record buy had blocked his air passage by swallowing his tongue . |
| 14 | Guy Sterne 's smile was dry as she finally emerged to join him by the outdoor pools , her expression almost serene . |
| 15 | By the end of the reign it was already falling off , and while Henry VI had much noble support for his coronation expedition in 1430–1 , those who continued to serve him in the French war in the years to come constituted a relatively small group of men . |
| 16 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 17 | I think he 's telling the truth now but I had to threaten him with the Juvenile Bureau , the Welfare and God knows what before he did . |
| 18 | With him was his shadow , the poetic Zborowski , who , in brotherly friendship , wanted to protect him from the dangerous life of Nice . |
| 19 | Ossie wanted to ask him about the two gentlemen of Verona . |
| 20 | This was not a principle calculated to endear him to the Inland Revenue or the men from Customs & Excise . |
| 21 | For the afternoon service at St John 's , it was Franklin who arrived late and found the door of the church locked , but he forced an entry , and in a rather childish fracas , " put his legs between [ Eyles " s ] legs , lifted him up " , and attempted to throw him into the next seat . |
| 22 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |