Example sentences of "[vb past] him [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least , he lectured in such a way that many in the audience found him impossible to understand . |
| 2 | Nicky 's parents found him impossible to look after : he was always picking fights , especially with smaller children ; he had a fight with his teacher at school and ran away from home five times in two years . |
| 3 | Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise . |
| 4 | DEAN REYNOLDS , whitewashed 10-0 by Steve Davis in the final of the Rothmans Grand Prix in October , beat him 9-7 to reach the semi-finals of the Everest World Matchplay Championship at the Brentwood Centre late on Saturday . |
| 5 | DEAN REYNOLDS , whitewashed 10-0 by Steve Davis in the final of the Rothmans Grand Prix in October , beat him 9-7 to reach the semi-finals of the Everest World Matchplay Championship at the Brentwood Centre late on Saturday . |
| 6 | It can only be , as Hebrews 11:19 says , that such was Abraham 's faith in God 's word , he believed him able to raise the boy to life again . |
| 7 | She provoked him first to talk about his interests , the books he read , the films he watched . |
| 8 | Henry knew nothing about the new papal anathemas of which Anselm was the bearer , and he immediately required him first to renew the homage which he had done to Rufus , and then to consecrate his chancellor William Giffard to the bishopric of Winchester , with which he had invested him on his coronation day . |
| 9 | His standing as an accepted figure , even a friend of the Queen 's sister , Princess Margaret , made him vulnerable to attack . |
| 10 | And there were others less distinguished , perhaps , but whose lively presence made any visit memorable ; for instance , Mr Wilkinson , valet-butler to Mr John Campbell , with his well-known repertoire of impersonations of prominent gentlemen ; Mr Davidson from Easterly House , whose passion in debating a point could at times be as alarming to a stranger as his simple kindness at all other times was endearing ; Mr Herman , valet to Mr John Henry peters , whose extreme views no one could listen to passively , but whose distinctive belly-laugh and Yorkshire charm made him impossible to dislike . |
| 11 | But the fact that he had won a signal victory over the headmaster on Monday night made him reluctant to pit himself against him again so soon . |
| 12 | The bookies made him 4-1 to win the Masters . |
| 13 | This made him easier to take home for the night ; people who would normally never have approached such a beauty felt that they could . |
| 14 | Although he was worried for her , it made him happy to think that she could confide in him her feeling for Harry . |
| 15 | Anyway , having experienced these things made him able to appreciate times like the present . |
| 16 | Belonging here defined him , made him free to wander , because here he had roots to return to , an anchor that gave him stability and a sense of permanence . |
| 17 | His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to jibe at David Sylvester . |
| 18 | It made him difficult to fix , especially for eyes awash with brandy , the merest motion of his head breaking subtle waves against his bones , their spume draining back into his skin trailing colours Estabrook had never seen in flesh before . |
| 19 | It made him sick to go to Horatia 's bed , but he had n't shirked the task . |
| 20 | Following the completion of Rebel Without a Cause , Warners put him straight to work on his third movie , Giant , an epic directed by George Stevens and featuring a stellar line-up including Elizabeth Taylor , Rock Hudson , Sal Mineo and Carroll Baker . |
| 21 | Three minutes later Jackson broke straight from a scrum and Perry 's pace put him clear to score . |
| 22 | A friend seeing him off from New York on Sunday gave him this to relieve the tension he might face here . |
| 23 | This new sense of topographical security left him free to explore theories about art , the novel in particular , and see his writing as more than ‘ mere journeywork ’ . |
| 24 | I left him free to choose and dare |
| 25 | Which left him free to do all the practical work which he really liked . |
| 26 | He was solid , scientific , conscious in all his creating , learning his art from masters who were still in the youth of artistic development , his whole work shows a progress towards an ideal which the trammels of Gothic tradition never left him free to attain without a struggle . |
| 27 | This left him free to consider specific factors , relationships and techniques in a theoretically less encumbered ( if sometimes dangerously speculative ) way . |
| 28 | It had destroyed his promise and left him unable to sustain a relationship . |
| 29 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 30 | The experience left him unable to move for ten hours . |