Example sentences of "[vb pp] him [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china . |
| 2 | This soldier had let him load his pistol and point it empty . |
| 3 | It would have been a different matter if they had let him write his own account of what he had found at the Foinmen . |
| 4 | He began handing cards to some of the people who had let him take their picture . |
| 5 | Wally will know , because the Profitboss would never have let him keep his job if he did n't . |
| 6 | But on the whole there was a simplicity and directness about the way she had written that had pleased him , and occasional bits of unintended humour that had made him laugh , though the way she had written about her family — her grandmother in particular , had made him think her unobservant . |
| 7 | What had made him change his mind ? |
| 8 | He had intended making an offer for the cottage , but the old woman 's distress at leaving had made him change his mind . |
| 9 | Singleton seamer Bill Cameron , whose 50 tour wickets at fewer than six runs apiece must have made him wish his name was de Silva , hit the winning run with two wickets standing , before a lavish banquet in the Galle Face Hotel . |
| 10 | His allegations of a BA dirty tricks campaign to force Virgin out of the sky have seen him hold his own against some of the best PR manipulators in the business . |
| 11 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |
| 12 | The same generous spirit had seen him extend his service to the rest of the corridor , and now the whole floor depended on it . |
| 13 | I 've only seen him kiss your woman , that was what three and a half months ago . |
| 14 | Later that afternoon , there was an inspection of the course , and while sideslipping down behind Mueller I was amazed to seen him remove his skis and begin walking down the course , an activity known as ‘ bootpacking ’ . |
| 15 | show Sally how you can put your coat on have you seen him put his own coat on Sally ? |
| 16 | Recent years have seen him broaden his horizons : he currently presents Metro , the London Weekend arts programme ; he wrote songs for Caryl Churchill 's Serious Money ; and established a career as an actor , appearing in Jim Cartwright 's Road and Peter Greenaway 's The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover . |
| 17 | Detectives were ordered in after we told how Pamela Wilkins , widow of ex-union official Roger Wilkins , had helped him rig his own re-election and that of other officials in 1985 . |
| 18 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 19 | But I have never heard him confess his unworthiness in this field of human endeavour . |
| 20 | I have not often heard him condemn his hon. Friends who did not pay it . |