Example sentences of "or [vb base] him [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 2 | ‘ I know , ’ Cleg 's big hand covered hers , ‘ but , for your own sake , send your cousin packing or marry him out of the way , then no-one will have room to talk . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll have it out of him or turn him over to the press gang . |
| 4 | Heseltine needs Thatcher to do the decent thing and step down this summer , or invite him back into the cabinet . |
| 5 | He 'd hoped that it meant no more than that she was growing up and had become aware of herself as a young woman ; that as a consequence it was not quite the done thing for her to rush across a room and hug him like a kid sister , or trip him up in the haybarn and fling herself on top of him like a puppy spoiling for a game . |