Example sentences of "they [verb] [to-vb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleischmann 's entry reports ‘ music , cooking , skiing , walking ’ — nothing very remarkable here perhaps , but they helped to bring him to the most intense period of his scientific career . |
| 2 | They tried to eject him from the podium . |
| 3 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 4 | It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’ |
| 5 | They drove to see him at the Chapel of Repose . |
| 6 | Act guiltily and they 'll judge you guilty As they started to follow him down the street he got more and more worried He broke into a run . |
| 7 | If they chose to greet him in the street , he did not acknowledge them . |
| 8 | Dick and the nurses told him that , even after the pre-med , they had to chase him round the ward to get him to remove his shorts . |
| 9 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 10 | They intended to kill him from the start … . ’ |