Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] him [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early starts were a disadvantage , but Charles had minimized that by staying with Miles and Juliet and having the car pick him up at six . |
| 2 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 3 | Grudgingly , the Pinkerton guards let him in . |
| 4 | These batting performances move him up three places , to 41 , on the C&L list . |
| 5 | We watched the small boat carry him out to the middle of the river , where the great black prison-ship stood high out of the water , held by its rusty chains . |
| 6 | As the guards take him back to his cell , he often starts to cry . |
| 7 | For a moment there was nothing to do but let the shabby old SE haul him up the last stretch , so Lambert actually relaxed and momentarily enjoyed his peace . |
| 8 | and David phone him up and said will you take us up dad . |
| 9 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 10 | He looked so frail as I watched Gavin help him out of the car , followed by the cat basket . |
| 11 | He has an authority you know , yo a written authority in his pocket and if the stewards pull him up he 's got the authority to , what he 's doing , carrying on . |
| 12 | When the Russkies dig him out of the snow tomorrow he 'll say he knows nothing about our operations in Helsinki and I 'm going to make sure he 's not lying . |
| 13 | Irina said to Ludens , ‘ For heaven 's sake get him out of here ! ’ |
| 14 | Seton 's body was quickly reinterred and , despite Sir James ' protests , Corbett insisted that his escort accompany him back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 15 | In both fields he was an individualist , and in both his successes mark him out as an artist of power and originality . |
| 16 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 17 | Davy Mills : Glens want him back |
| 18 | Mr McCleods staff expect him back at his Glasgow office tomorrow afternoon . |
| 19 | Suddenly we saw Lenin seize him by the collar and in an incomparable matter-of-fact manner pitch him out on to the platform . " … |
| 20 | Right , Patch Get him down here Jean . |
| 21 | Julian Dicks wo n't be amused if West Ham leave him out against Portsmouth today . |
| 22 | People call him up for art advice from all over the world . |
| 23 | However Christ is understood , as people take him up into their culture , or make of him what they will , they know him to be male . |
| 24 | At first glance only his sword and the shoulder straps attached to his shirt mark him out as an officer . |
| 25 | Arsenal will receive 30 per cent of any fee if City sell him on . |
| 26 | Some correspondent will probably now write to tell me that Brunson is bravely suffering from some life-threatening condition , but he delivered his questions between swallows with the aplomb of Peter Lorre squealing to Humphrey Bogart as the police drag him off to certain death in Casablanca . |
| 27 | Reason being savaged by a pack of petty stupidities which , because of their number , would in the end bring him down . |
| 28 | Now at the end of his life the Danes send him back to the sea in an unmanned funeral barge laden with treasure . |
| 29 | But Mitchell wo n't condone the taking of life and soon it seems both good guys and bad guys want him out of the way . |
| 30 | They contacted me rather than the police , and we 've had our own doctor patch him up . " |