Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him see " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I make him see his colleagues will look down on him if he says in the same old rut ? |
| 2 | How can I make him see ? thought Juliet , a little sadly . |
| 3 | Do I want him to see me ? |
| 4 | ‘ I want to show him all the beautiful things trees , flowers and birds but most of all I want him to see his big sister , Katie . ’ |
| 5 | I let him see I was being very careful not to make any mistake with the .38 . |
| 6 | I let him see me there bright and clear ! ’ |
| 7 | I trusted him to see that I was equipped for the new life I had chosen . |
| 8 | Fictional stressing of deep connections between primitive and developed man , as well as the connections between primitive ritual and modern dramatic and religious practice stressed by Cornford , Harrison , Frazer , and the others encouraged Eliot to interpret the Rivers book in a way which let him see in it a reflection of his personal crisis . |
| 9 | An important clue was his reading of Malthus on population , which allowed him to see that the ‘ struggle for existence ’ caused by population pressure would act within the species , killing off any individuals who were not well adapted to the conditions and allowing only the ‘ fittest ’ ( i.e. best-adapted ) individuals to survive and breed . |
| 10 | How could she make him see ? |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , Adam was a gardener , and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener 's work is done upon his knees . ’ |
| 12 | She let him see what effort it cost to stay calm . |
| 13 | But perhaps she ought to have made sure she told him to see his own doctor as soon as he got home ? |
| 14 | She begged him to see this new doctor who , she said , was supposed to be very good , very sympathetic . |
| 15 | Sarah 's eyes filled with tears , which she allowed him to see before burying her face against his ample knees . |
| 16 | She watched him seeing it all , feeling it all , assimilating his surroundings with no fidget or fluster . |
| 17 | One night she brought him to see a horror film about the Living Dead , and he was so frightened by the zombies that he fled into the foyer in a panic . |
| 18 | He said he reckoned she wanted him to see . |
| 19 | ‘ We want him to see what the reality is , compared with the tabloid myth , ’ said a party organiser . |
| 20 | Whatever Alain 's plans , they did not include her , other than her enabling him to see his mother happily back in charge of her own home . |
| 21 | He had learned that lesson as a child , when the others had laughed at him , and they sent him to see the school shrink . |
| 22 | He did not doubt for an instant that once he explained things to his brother , once he made him see what assets were available and how they could be used , Jean-Paul would rise from his lethargy and be as engaged , as excited , and as determined , as Edouard . |
| 23 | It amused him to see how the gullible idiot deferred to him , even when they were in the midst of a vicious argument . |
| 24 | It made him see that before its power all of this was nothing and yet , at the same time , without him , or Slorne , or Minch or any of the creatures , imprisoned and free , its power would be nothing . |
| 25 | It gladdened him to see how even these degraded surroundings were touched by a curious beauty , as he watched the little gangs of miners making their way home , black as sweeps , in the white snow at twilight . |
| 26 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 27 | He challenged him to see God through his telescope . |
| 28 | It reassured him to see her sitting there , so thoughtful and placid . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the window of his college bedroom was cherished in his memory because it enabled him to see the Antechapel of Trinity College , |
| 30 | It hurt him to see such changes in her . |