Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guo 's comments , and other remarks by Chinese officials earlier in the month , were interpreted as reflecting China 's intention of stepping up pressure on Chris Patten , Hong Kong 's Governor-designate , in order to dissuade him from considering any major changes in the colony or attempting to amend clauses in the Basic Law which would determine Hong Kong 's position under Chinese rule from 1997 [ see p. 37248 ] . |
| 2 | Dealers at Harvard Securities found it amusing to ring up a client at 8.20 am. and to interrupt his shaving , breakfasting , or love-making in order to press him into buying stock . |
| 3 | Gbagbo said that he was imprisoned in order to disqualify him from standing in presidential elections due in 1995 . |
| 4 | You have to be very aware of the patient 's physical limitations in relation to his spasticity , in order to prevent him from trying to do more than he can , which would inevitably make his situation worse . |
| 5 | He first requested leave of absence from court to stay with the dying earl at Wilton , in order to prevent him from giving his inheritance elsewhere . |
| 6 | Further , Guntram feared that Brunhild would contact the " pretender " , and he actually wrote to Gundovald in her name , in order to trick him into disbanding his troops . |
| 7 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 8 | Were they all pretending to be ignorant in order to trap him into making some punishable blunder . |