Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] him [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you are at all normal , you bypass the urge to throttle him , or to shake him by the head and shout : ‘ What 's that got to do with anything ? ’ , and find yourself nodding in agreement as if he has just proved something .
2 Two women seemed anxious to provide Tate with an alibi , or to use him as an alibi for themselves .
3 He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight .
4 That was a case in which a district board took it upon themselves to pull down Mr. Cooper 's house , which they regarded as unsatisfactory , and to burden him with the cost of demolition without having first given him any type of notice .
5 We talked of all we would do when he was strong enough , and I put everything else out of mind and concentrated on being positive and cheerful myself , which was not always easy but I was determined to behave normally and to treat him as a convalescent and not as a sick man .
6 And to treat him like the prodigal son was stupid .
7 If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best .
8 The purpose of serving a contemnor with a copy of the committal order is to enable him to have a written record of the findings made by the court and of the sentence and to provide him with the materials necessary to enable him to decide whether or not he wishes to appeal .
9 With a hopeless head for finance and a desperate desire to befriend , Lear was only too willing to receive the attentions of John Gould , then in his mid-20s , and to initiate him into the secrets of the new technique of lithography and the art of ornithological illustration .
10 Your reward , as carer , is knowing that you have done your best to make the patient comfortable and happy , and to help him through the recovery process from his illness , however long it takes .
11 Unlike Alfonso , they chose to recognize his worth and to aid him in the war against the African Moors .
12 Also like Roosevelt , he attracted to Washington the brightest advisers he could find in the universities and the business community to fill places in the Cabinet and to surround him in the White House .
13 Perhaps the most convincing illustration of the power of the monarchical idea and the extent to which it was still unchallenged is the way in which almost everywhere opposition to rulers , insofar as it was formed or organized at all , tended to centre around the heir to the throne or at least some member of the royal family and to use him as a figurehead .
14 The magistrates were held entitled to find that the constables were not private friends at the certificate-holder bona fide entertained by him , and to convict him of a contravention of subs .
15 It aims to provide the student with a basic knowledge of the background to industry , to raise his general level of understanding of management processes , and to acquaint him with the tools and techniques of management .
16 The economist 's role in all this is essentially to make the policy-maker aware of these trade-offs and to advise him of the suitability of alternative policy tools for the achievement of objectives .
17 ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre .
18 Miriam or one of the older children of the garrison who could no longer play outside since the shrinking of the perimeter sat constantly at his bedside to fan him and to defend him against the mosquitoes .
19 But to tackle him on the basis of a fleeting reflection was tricky .
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