Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb base] him " in BNC.

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1 You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him , for you were strangers in the land of Egypt .
2 office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up
3 Hopefully the next England manager will realise this and consign him to the scrap-heap as Taylor should have done years ago .
4 On the other hand , if one of the parties is actuated merely by hatred or vindictive spite he may be liable and if the others are aware of this and lend him their assistance they too may thereby become participants in the wrong .
5 ‘ I wanted to look pale and interesting and bowl him over with my sparkling wit ! ’
6 James and the Nazarean hierarchy send their own missionaries in his wake , to undo his preaching and compromise him with his own converts — for Paul , by now , is preaching something very different from what the Nazareans themselves , under Jesus 's brother , have sanctioned .
7 When will you realise that so-called ‘ funny-man ’ Vic Reeves is n't actually funny and see him for what he is — a talentless , dumb Northerner .
8 It would n't have happened if Angie had n't been around as well , to keep his morale high and encourage him .
9 I am charming and invite him to stay with us .
10 I wish I may not be too fond and make him indifferent .
11 Do n't fall for this but draw him out instead by providing openings .
12 I want to get chummy and get him quickly . "
13 ‘ Keep him warm and give him plenty to drink .
14 Should she go downstairs , outside and ask him what he wanted ?
15 Mr Yeltsin 's team was preparing to counter-attack today with a draft of a new constitution that would extend the presidential term from five years to six and give him a right of veto over parliamentary Bills and to pick a small team of state ministers .
16 Phone Rich and ask him about the sound !
17 I advised Jeanne to take Moby to as wide a variety of different places as possible and encourage him to meet many more people and dogs .
18 ‘ Yes , Piper , he wants you to get yourself , and your bagpipes , over there as soon as possible and play him a tune .
19 He talks enthusiastically about ‘ getting back to some real police work ’ in ‘ the real world ’ , even though his responsibilities as Divisional Commander will be mainly administrative and give him little or no contact with the ‘ dangerous classes ’ .
20 I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred .
21 asleep and vote him in again ?
22 A true mystical experience is not only intended to make the adept less egotistic but it should also make him more alert and help him to function better .
23 He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface .
24 The provisions for capital gains tax relief for entrepreneurs were also amended to extend the relief to gains arising from the sale of quoted shares where the qualifying entrepreneur held them when they were unquoted and allow him or her to claim relief when they receive shares in another company in exchange for unquoted shares in their own .
25 er the other one of us will erm take the one of the other cars and put Philip in that and drive him there .
26 Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won .
27 She would tell Robert that and let him know that she did n't need to be treated as though she were completely helpless .
28 If he 's glaringly out , I 'll then use the template I 've made from the bass and snare samples , quantise that and get him to play cymbals and hi-hat again on top .
29 Maggie had the greatest desire to answer in Spanish and confound him , but in the first place she was n't exactly up to it , and secondly she was keeping it under her hat .
30 At its most extreme form it was expressed by J. B. Watson in 1925 : ‘ Give me a dozen healthy infants , well formed , and my own specified world to bring them up in , and I will guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select — doctor , lawyer , artist , merchant chief , and yes , even beggarman and thief , regardless of his talents , penchants , tendencies , abilities , vocations , and the race of his ancestors . ’
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