Example sentences of "[vb base] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when professional astronomers keep the sky under closer scrutiny than ever before , Alcock 's world-beating achievements rank him with great observers of the past , such as the famous French comet hunter Charles Messier . |
| 2 | Its aim is to do something in the life of the person who reads it , as well as to capture his aesthetic interest and supply him with historical and theological information . |
| 3 | A few says later the Shah sought assurances from the US Embassy that he was still welcome in the United States cabled Rabat to say , " we assured the Shah publicly as well as in private messages that he would be welcome in the US should he choose to go there , and that there should be bo doubt whatsoever as to our willingness to receive ( him ) and provide him with appropriate protection " . |
| 4 | Despite the principle of ‘ unity of command ’ , the recommendations submitted by the political officer on fitness and promotion through the Directorate 's confidential channels provide him with real prerogatives over the ‘ real ’ officers who surround him . |
| 5 | It 's a promise I expect him to equal . |
| 6 | From his letters and his wife 's memoirs we picture him in cheap cafés hunched up in his greatcoat over a cup of coffee , with Russian and European newspapers spread about him . |
| 7 | You just get him over excited ! |
| 8 | To improve his nutritional state and get him into clinical remission before surgery he was given Elemental 028 but immediately became systemically unwell and developed diarrhoea and vomiting . |
| 9 | Well , I think we 'll get a lot of calls , and people remember him with great fondness . |
| 10 | If you have any queries , questions or criticisms to put to Jerzy please contact him c/o Practical Fishkeeping enclosing an SAE . |
| 11 | If you have any queries , questions or criticisms to put to Jerzy please contact him c/o Practical Fishkeeping enclosing an SAE . |
| 12 | If you have any queries , questions or criticisms to put to Jerzy please contact him c/o Practical Fishkeeping enclosing an SAE . |
| 13 | If you have any queries , questions or criticisms to put to Jerzy please contact him c/o Practical Fishkeeping enclosing an SAE . |
| 14 | If you have any queries , questions or criticisms to put to Jerzy please contact him c/o Practical Fishkeeping enclosing an SAE . |
| 15 | I always keep him under tight control when I 'm walking and make sure that he never goes near sheep or lambs , and on the open fell he 's usually on his best behaviour . |
| 16 | She knew him to be Alexander Rokovssky , the dark tool of autocratic monarchs and a fanatical servant of Tsarism , a man who could slit another 's throat or shoot him at point-blank range without any change of expression . |
| 17 | ‘ Ask him for general information on a Mr and Mrs Young who own a horse called Sparrowgrass . ’ |
| 18 | Ask him about contemporary approaches to musical education and he 'll quickly point out that , ‘ in the old days , a love of music was taught in the home . |
| 19 | There 's no more dangerous animal in the jungle if you surprise him at close quarters . " |
| 20 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
| 21 | His meditations are interrupted by two figures from his past , who remind him of separate acts of cowardice and inhumanity . |
| 22 | A definition of that sort might allow the person addressed to take into account the fact that the person making the utterance was seeking to make a serious point , or engage him in reasoned discussion , or was acting unintentionally . |
| 23 | He 's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity . |
| 24 | He wondered what Berowne was expecting him to do ; find a potential blackmailer or investigate him for double murder ? |
| 25 | ‘ Bind his hands and feet , and cast him into outer darkness . ’ ’ |
| 26 | Listen to him , praise him for good ideas . |
| 27 | I mention him in particular because he understood that opera concerns those ecstatic moments when a man or a woman has to use a means of expression other than the spoken word . |
| 28 | They , in turn , join him in cheerful conspiracy to see that the great cathedral list of France is constantly and step-by-step updated . |
| 29 | A volunteer normally offers to spend two or three hours per week as a companion to a former patient and may go out with the person or help him with specific tasks . |
| 30 | He thinks it 's ‘ nice ’ that people credit him with changing British photography , with breaking down the class barriers , with producing memorable images , but he also seems slightly amused by it all . |