Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A kindly uncle with no children of his own had paid for him to be educated , but education only made him discontented with his lot in life . |
| 2 | Management consultancy not only made him rich ( he sold Telesis for $1m and has just forked out $1.25m for a Washington house ) ; it also convinced him that America 's ludicrously wasteful health-care system was undermining the nation 's competitiveness abroad . |
| 3 | He particularly enjoyed the fact that his vaguely cosmopolitan , vaguely raffish air not only made him attractive to certain high-born English gels , but led to such useful pillow-talk . |
| 4 | ‘ Is there anyone you know who thought Mills was a traitor and cared enough to see him dead ? ’ |
| 5 | There 's nothing quite like sexy lingerie to put you in the mood so knock him dead on Valentine 's Day with some of this sizzling underwear from the latest Freemans Spring/Summer collection . |
| 6 | It is this element of Charlie that has perhaps made him popular with other ( albeit less twisted ) musicians . |
| 7 | In field after field the government was forced to change course , earning a reputation for dishonesty and lack of principle that , when allied to Lloyd George 's prior reputation , could only do him great damage . |
| 8 | She looks towards Herakles , right hand out , originally with a spear to direct him and perhaps lend him divine power as he thrusts with a crowbar to open a way for the Alpheus to flood the stables . |
| 9 | Llewelyn crossed to him , smiling , and gently shook him awake . |
| 10 | Memet , however , was somewhat out of their experience , and they were wise enough to leave him alone . |
| 11 | He was only getting him little gigs here and there and you would n't call him a dynamic person . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd have done better to leave him alone . ’ |
| 13 | And he retains the sense of wry humour which he reckons every newspaperman needs , if only to keep him sane . |
| 14 | His short doze in the living room had been long enough to keep him awake now . |
| 15 | She could sympathize with his chagrin but it was hardly enough to keep him awake at night . |
| 16 | You say they have guards enough to keep him safe ? |
| 17 | Provide him with playmates enough to keep him busy until supper , and see no one tells him we have a visitor from Aber . |
| 18 | Towards the end of his playing career when he was with Hibs and contemplating a move to the Orlando Lions , a short lived soccer team in Florida , Rough 's business interests not only brought him appalling bad luck but imposed a series of financial set-backs that were to affect him in the years to come . |
| 19 | Alexander sought the advice of numerous doctors and voice trainers who gave him different medicines or voice exercises , but this only brought him temporary relief . |
| 20 | At least , with Micky there , we can fill a few weeks of punters coming in to watch him dry . |
| 21 | His success in the competition apparently gave him considerable encouragement as , according to the introduction to his Notes of Thought : |
| 22 | Roxburgh said : ‘ The idea was to take Ian along to get him involved with the way of things after his long absence . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know anything about the Bamford Hunt , ’ Meredith said , suddenly finding him unattractive and pushy , his manner hectoring , and disliking both the way he assumed she would agree with him and the arrogance he displayed in failing to give any reason why she should do as he asked . |
| 24 | Like Emerson he finished second in his Swift but that was good enough to take him clear of his main rivals with one round remaining . |
| 25 | He does n't seem to have any friends , and that obviously makes him unhappy . |
| 26 | I have tried taking the castle out , but this only makes him unhappy , so he goes over to the heater and swims underneath it . |
| 27 | ‘ No more than two cups , certainly not enough to make him drunk . |
| 28 | Whether or not he felt an ounce of embarrassment ( probably not ) , it had to be enough to make him aware of waiters . |
| 29 | It would eventually bring him untold riches . |
| 30 | He had asked a great many questions of the exiled Court and he hoped , he said earnestly to Oisin , that they would not think him inquisitive . |