Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] to him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in 1348 the Earl of Arundel , who was Warenne 's sister 's husband and sole legitimate heir , petitioned the king to revoke this agreement , for it would ‘ disinherit the petitioner of his right to premises which should descend to him in the event of the death of the earl … without lawful heir . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I 'd talk to him about the socio-economic roots of poverty . ’ |
| 3 | Yet when it came to negotiation , who would speak to him in the name of France ? |
| 4 | In what he called " emphysema weather " , he did not venture out at all and in his last years one member of the firm , Peter du Sautoy , would report to him on the business being conducted — what books had been accepted , for example . |
| 5 | She had no way of knowing that he was thinking not so much of the next photo story she would submit to him as the necessary therapy it might provide . |
| 6 | His illness would stand to him in the other place too . |
| 7 | Rory still went occasionally to Mass with her , and sometimes , as a kind of acknowledgement of how different he was from Michael , she would talk to him about the Church , and its importance in their lives . |
| 8 | She would listen to him in the way that no adult woman ever would . |
| 9 | I said cos I shall phone the bank first thing Monday and I shall say right , he 's took the car so you can run to him for the money cos you 'll be getting none out of me . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think anyone can talk to him at the moment . |