Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] him [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The chow-chow sank his teeth into Ravi Bhatiasevi 's arm when he tried to stop him fighting another dog .
2 She turned to see him standing ten yards away .
3 She was impressed , and agreed to let him exhibit some work in one of the long corridors leading from reception to the dining-room .
4 The council said : ‘ We offered to help him find private accommodation . ’
5 Temperament and conviction combined to make him see this moment , not as one of intriguing human possibilities , but as one offering an unofficial means to an official end .
6 There Tyndale wrote to urge him to avoid any discussion of the Sacraments , but he failed to take this advice and was convicted as a heretic precisely on this question and was burned .
7 Ultimately the gig lacked magic because the crowd wanted to hear him play some Eric Clapton numbers .
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