Example sentences of "to get him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he would expect it to get him off the hook . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't remember riding for Jonjo before , but it would be great to get him off the mark and this horse certainly has a bit of a chance , ’ smiled Willie who is closing fast on another century . |
| 3 | Milton was developing a certain respect for the Colonel 's ability to get him off the main point of the interview . |
| 4 | I brought him it , erm , a lunch box with a flask in , I said , look this flask you suck it like a straw , so get him to take that everywhere with him cos then he can have that , then he , cos you said you wanted to get him off the bottles , cos you put the straw in that |
| 5 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 6 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 7 | And how are we to get him past the gates , with the town in this ferment ? |
| 8 | The only option , as far as the doctor was concerned , was to get him into the local hospital where he would be well looked after and out of sight for the time being . |
| 9 | I have tried once or twice to get him to the big hills , or to the Dolomites , but he sees no reason to waste time that could be spent in Norway or Greenland . |
| 10 | ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee . |
| 11 | He managed to avoid the morning shower by lingering over the cleaning of his shoes , and decided on a strategy to get him to the matron without attracting comment . |
| 12 | However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times . |
| 13 | But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops . |
| 14 | At about 30 yards ' ( 27 m ) range , he began his charge , relying on speed to get him to the target before the pigs knew what was about to hit them . |
| 15 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 16 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 17 | The sad thing was , as I said before , his navigator was incapable — and I must say not good enough — to get him round the heavily defended areas , and so in two sorties he still sustained abnormal flak damage . |
| 18 | Anwar would find him something else to do to get him in the grocery mood . |
| 19 | Desperately she kicked backwards like a buck rabbit , trying to get him in the groin . |
| 20 | Too late to get him in the team , though . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |