Example sentences of "him [to-vb] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He made his way along the road until a colleague told him to sit down on the pavement . |
| 2 | The industrialist MP Samuel Morley and others persuaded him to stand down on the grounds that ministers should not directly enter the political arena and Morley paid all his expenses when he gave up the contest . |
| 3 | Did they want him to crack down on the rioters ? |
| 4 | He collected his boarding card and found a seat in the cafeteria that allowed him to look down on the concourse . |
| 5 | We 'll have to encourage him to put in on the table . |
| 6 | It might be a potential signing for the groundsman — if he can spit half as well as his dad then we just get him to run around on the pitch for 20 mins … no need for sprinklers etc . |
| 7 | Nell helped him to lie down on a blanket , supporting his head with another . |
| 8 | Margrida 's absence would enable her to tell him that she wished him to cut down on the pretending — and on his caresses . |