Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] [verb] him " in BNC.

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1 When he names the most-important squad of his England career — the one that could make or break him — I do hope he includes the names of Wright and Everton 's Peter Beardsley .
2 He felt as he always did on the moor , and especially on this spot and on Big Allen , peaceful , without care , without self almost , at one with nature and the past , and as if nothing that happened down there could hurt or vex him any more .
3 You strike me as an intelligent young woman and I refuse to believe that you were silly enough to go to Mr Riddle with such proposals unless you were in a position to either bribe or threaten him . ’
4 It was her apartment , paid for with her own money , and she did n't need or want him in her life any more .
5 Do not truly know or love him .
6 ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner .
7 An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner .
8 In his concluding essay , Urwick wrote : The club can catch him , but can not discipline him , the Boys ' Brigade can discipline him to a small extent , but can not catch or keep him when he most needs it ; the voluntary evening school can do neither .
9 The work of the craftsman is to realise an inner idea in a way that is beautiful , useful and enduring , and as his work is the object of his satisfaction and delight ( " if it were in his power to produce an effect which would know and love him , this he would assuredly do " ) , so man is created for God who alone satisfies his nature .
10 She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox .
11 She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first .
12 He hoped the Frenchmen would be content to drive him away from the high road rather than pursue and capture him , but as he quickened the mare 's pace , so the Frenchman spurred their own horses .
13 You ca n't just wait and expect him to come to you . ’
14 ‘ Can we wait and see him here ? ’
15 Since he is the final authority on the interpretation and enforcement of the rules , the committee members must respect and trust him .
16 He should not oppress or surrender him . ’
17 He must not oppress or surrender him . ’
18 He must not oppress or surrender him . ’
19 Perhaps he was Merlin come again , invisible in his magic cloak , looking for the woman who would trap and hold him secure and for ever .
20 For what a horse does under compulsion … he does without understanding , and with no more grace than a dancer would display if a person should whip and spur him during his performance …
21 Any second now it would break and throw him back into the river .
22 By just peeping over the tip of the rock she could dress and watch him , too .
23 If you were to come yourself Lily or the child 's Father I could not stand in your way whatever my feelings which are strong , but to hand over my Precious little one to a Young and Foreign girl who spoke his only language poorly that I could not do and send him with her on a dangerous voyage most frightening to him .
24 It will have to be answered , so we had better talk about it in the shelter of our homes , and in the morning we can send and tell him what we think . ’
25 Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal .
26 Uproar then , and shouts of : ‘ The nigger 's got th'measure , short-arse … fist like a cannon ball … who 'll have twopence on him to win … ’ as the crowd heaved Garty to his feet , helped him round and sent him flying back towards Midnight .
27 And he could not choose but love him .
28 The stewards inquired into the running of Yahoo and accepted Tom Morgan 's explanation that : ‘ He lost his action and did n't feel right and there was nothing else I could do but pull him up . ’
29 She hoped that the child to whom this home belonged would let her stay and watch him playing .
30 ‘ Can we stay and watch him being moved onto the trolley ? ’
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