Example sentences of "[vb past] him [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Australian authorities took a commendably enlightened view of the matter , however , and allowed him to carry out research on the Trobriand Islands close to New Guinea . |
| 2 | His mother allowed him to sit out college for a year and he never went back . |
| 3 | This enabled him to cash out blood in the currency of hours of prolonged life . |
| 4 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
| 5 | When blindness compelled him to give up farming in 1966 he learned Braille and carried on with his public duties , being much in demand as a witty public speaker . |