Example sentences of "[vb base] him [verb] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want him to return to his old life , which I consider would be much better for him . |
| 2 | This can only be due to Coleridge 's awareness and heightened sensitivity at these moments , which cause him ponder on his very means of creation and that of the emotions that cause him to write , which are therefore in a positive sense creative forces . |
| 3 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 4 | They walked together through Dobbs 's field and Tom stood by the gate and let him walk on his own up the lane . |
| 5 | Of course , Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice , or lack of it . |
| 6 | Some twenty years later the District Judge at Kagalla found similar attitudes : ‘ It is a common occurrence for persons to see an animal being driven away under very suspicious circumstances , and yet , although perhaps living within a stone 's throw of the owner , they take no trouble to go and tell him what they have seen , and probably say nothing about it until they meet him looking for his stolen animal , three or four days afterward ; of course then the recovery is hopeless ! ’ |