Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] him [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps all that makes it easier to understand why Orwell was so anxious that Waugh should read his books : anxious enough to send him copies , though to a stranger . |
| 2 | " And say your prayers regular , Tristram , that the good Lord may bring you back safe to us , " she added before turning quickly away to leave him face to face with Jennifer . |
| 3 | She let her voice trail away to give him space to respond and he did . |
| 4 | Rory and Mallachy slid aside to give him preference . |
| 5 | When the heir had done homage to the king , it was usual for the Justice of the Forest , on receipt of the appropriate writ , to take from him security for the payment of relief , and then to give him seisin of his Forest bailiwick ; the king 's escheator was ordered at the same time to hand over his lands to him , those appurtenant to his forestership , and whatever others he might hold in chief by other service . |
| 6 | I leaned across to kiss him goodbye and I said , ‘ Believe in me , dad ! ’ |
| 7 | When the future Cardinal Richelieu entered government service for the first time in 1616 he found available so little essential documentation on foreign policy that he had to ask French representatives abroad to send him copies of the instructions they had been given : without this he could not know even what the policies of his immediate predecessor had been . |
| 8 | Hill blasted critics who believe he could have blocked the Frenchman 's passing move in Montreal instead of moving across to allow him room to go through . |
| 9 | As the guns thundered their salute , the great Rases and chieftains led by Asfa Wossen , his eldest son , came forward to do him homage : Ras Kassa , his faithful kinsman , Ras Seyum of Tigre , Ras Hailu of Gojjam , Ras Imru , Ras Mulugeta and others . |
| 10 | The duet continued , with Gesner planted solidly in the middle of the stage , and Therese whirling and gliding around him , managing never to confront him face to face , and with wit and grace stealing the scene totally back from him . |