Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 2 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 3 | I 've only got him on tape . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd better see him on my own . ’ |
| 5 | Raider Terence Joseph , 27 , ran off , but was caught after TV 's Crime Monthly showed him on security film . |
| 6 | Charlie laughed , and gently cuffed him on the head . |
| 7 | Michael impatiently thrust him on one side and brought out the sack . |
| 8 | On the first landing he stopped and stole a glance down the Nightingale Gallery , so engrossed he jumped when Allingham suddenly touched him on the shoulder . |
| 9 | Those who met him or merely saw him on BBC 's What 's My Secret ( he had burnt £100 million ) would have seen that straight away . |
| 10 | It was not until two o'clock therefore that they became anxious enough to call him on his car telephone — only to find it had been switched off . |
| 11 | Yeah you could , you could perhaps get him on that , yes . |
| 12 | ‘ Better get him on his way I s'pose , ’ he grunted , as he ducked under the bar flap . |
| 13 | Nothing had been done to prettify the site as at Sizewell , on the Suffolk coast , or to produce the pleasantly laid-out grounds of smooth lawn , flowering trees and shrubs which so agreeably impressed him on his periodic visits to Winfrith in Dorset . |
| 14 | Keegan 's not wrong to sell because you either do one of two things with this type of striker , build a side around him or just sit him on the bench for use in emergencies . |
| 15 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 16 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |
| 17 | Well he 's probably just caught him on the back of on the back of the calf but er I thought it was as you say I thought it was a nice sharp incisive tackle . |
| 18 | My belief is that Holyfield , who trades in quantity rather than quality when it comes to punches , will recover from the early storm , which could easily see him on the canvas , to win around the 10th . |
| 19 | ‘ Bailey 's already briefed him on the telephone but he wo n't know you 're in charge of the operation until he gets here . |
| 20 | Giant trees were soon surrounding him on all sides and their branches made an almost solid roof high above his head , blotting out the sky . |
| 21 | I can assure you that I did and I can assure you that I have already thanked him on behalf of the Council , shook his hand and said how well he done it , but if you 'd like a letter to go to say how well he done it , then I 'll send a letter telling him how well he done it . |
| 22 | And she like goes up to him quite freely and just kisses him on the lips , you know okay fair enough people have friendships like that but it 's not a kind of kiss on the cheek it is as if there 's something in it , you know , as if always she 's rubbing it into him . |
| 23 | He can console himself with a winter passage booked to Australia , and the knowledge that his talent and determined character have finally set him on a rightful path to the pinnacle of the game . |
| 24 | The police already employed him on an item of service basis , and paid generously enough for each case . |
| 25 | I might just take him on it ! |
| 26 | With the gentry his charm and distinction soon put him on excellent terms . |
| 27 | He was hoping , no doubt , to be told that Mr Wilcox was n't in yet , so that he could leave a message for Vic to ring back , thus putting him on the defensive , knowing that his divisional chief knew that he , Vic , had n't been at his desk as early as him , Stuart Baxter . |
| 28 | I said I 'd just tap him on the shoulder and say : ‘ It 's all right . ’ |
| 29 | And Christopher went , he went down the slide we , we just left him on his own . |
| 30 | She thought of the lecture she had just read him on honesty and trembled . |