Example sentences of "[vb base] him [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so , says Mr Crust : ‘ Even in this environment , if your house is alight you want a fireman there and you want him there in a reasonable length of time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him . |
| 4 | And instinctively she reached out her arms as if to circle his neck and draw him down into an imaginary embrace . |
| 5 | I will give him sharp orders , he thought , and bring him up on a short rein ; and I will see him come to terms , and kiss the hand that curbs him . |
| 6 | ‘ Take your son , your only son , whom you love , Isaac , and go to the land of Moriah , and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you . ’ |
| 7 | The Socialist Minister has not missed an opportunity to remind those who regard him only as a tireless champion of culture that he is a qualified professor of international law . |
| 8 | The BBC broadcast him live from a mass meeting in Glasgow . |
| 9 | We see him now as a golden sun but what will happen to him as the day dies and the sun begins to set ? |