Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh 's last scruples about seeing him cut out of the will were satisfied by writing him a personal letter of appeal . |
| 2 | A BUNGLING shoplifter tried to flog a pair of Marks and Spencer shorts — to the store detective who had followed him into the street after seeing him nick them . |
| 3 | We have had heroes in our time at Crystal Palace but there was only one Albert Harry and those who had the pleasure and privilege of seeing him play were lucky indeed . |
| 4 | And I sort of made him talk . |
| 5 | I have n't decided yet , but I 'm considering letting him do a year with one of the best dressage riders . |
| 6 | The red bitch 's jaws were clamped to his leg in an iron grip and she 'd no intention of letting him go . |
| 7 | ‘ We have no intention of letting him go and I would like him to stay on after his present contract expires . |
| 8 | Graham still bore the mental scars of his tragedy but he had proved to be an excellent operative and Philpott had no intention of letting him go . |
| 9 | ‘ We were on the verge of letting him go because we had George Reilly and a couple of other strikers on the books . |
| 10 | I had once made the mistake of letting him do this . |
| 11 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
| 12 | I ought never to have accused you of letting him die . |
| 13 | Robyn had thought much the same on numerous occasions but she was n't about to give him the satisfaction of letting him know that . |
| 14 | She already had grave doubts about the propriety of letting him buy her things , but accepted that it was part of the deal of being his supposed girlfriend . |
| 15 | I think to myself , they must be sick and tired of hearing him moan ! |
| 16 | If he lacked Zhivkov 's taste , Ceauşescu showed greater consistency of purpose : Zhivkov survived his fall and lived long enough to explain that he had not really been a Communist after all ; Ceauşescu never gave his judges the satisfaction of hearing him renounce his beliefs . |
| 17 | Immediately , he began trying to predict Simon 's responses , to work out ways of soothing him , of flattering him , of making him laugh , anything that might defuse that aggression or at least make sure that Simon directed it at someone else . |
| 18 | ‘ Wait , James — what is the use of making him pretend to powers ? ’ |
| 19 | He complained that they should be looking after him instead of making him do all ‘ this nonsense ’ . |
| 20 | It was decided not to try to smuggle Hess out on the courier run , although the idea of making him do a parachute drop at his age seemed risky and wrong-headed to the Englishman , if not malicious . |
| 21 | His reappearance in 2010 decisively resolves this , at the cost of making him come on like a Californian religious freak about ‘ something wonderful ’ . |
| 22 | This punctuation would have made some difference to the reader 's processing of the sentence ; [ 14 ] in particular would have made the " click " seem a matter of importance and surprise in its own right , dividing the reader 's attention between the two events , instead of making him see them as integral parts of a whole . |
| 23 | As might be expected , Evangelicals were inclined to reprove those who were reluctant to have the sacrament administered to a gravely ill patient for fear of making him lose hope of recovery . |
| 24 | She had a better way of rupturing that patient impassivity , of making him look at her . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bridget , ‘ they held him all weekend , and tried everything they could think of to make him confess . |
| 26 | And he said I got ta see him pick them ! |
| 27 | A 23-year-old woman law clerk has appeared in court charged with helping him escape and harbouring him . |
| 28 | Corporal Steve Giles has somehow talked his Platoon Commander into letting him go on a familiarisation helicopter flight around the Sector perimeter . |
| 29 | He is at present looking more angelic than ever , trying to charm his mother into letting him have his own way ! ’ |
| 30 | Philip was sick with himself for letting him go . |