Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karadzic , apparently encouraged by the new international policy announced in Washington , not only invited Bosnian Muslim and Croat leaders to meet him to discuss a settlement but he also challenged the Muslims to a soccer match . |
| 2 | He tended to come behind the bit , so I wanted a fixed bit to encourage him to take a contact rather than a loose ring one . |
| 3 | I was appalled to find him investing a portion of our diminutive budget in some sixty bowls . |
| 4 | We have become so used to thinking of Günter Wand as a conductor who specialises exclusively in the late 18th and 19th Century symphonic repertoire that it comes as something of a shock to find him performing a wide variety of works of more contemporary lineage . |
| 5 | Bratby was intrigued by Minton and soon after he got to know him painted a huge picture on paper , entitled ‘ Homage to John Minton ’ . |
| 6 | These could , probably more easily in early , rather than in later man , have been powerful enough to cause him to seek a substitute for his natural father or mother when they were no longer available to him , and he was in need . |
| 7 | It was hard to imagine him having a casual chat with anyone , let alone a more intimate relationship . |
| 8 | Paddy Cosgrove , his likely replacement , is a council hack of 21 years standing and ideal backbench fodder , though it is hard to imagine him leading a crusade for Meadowell . |
| 9 | He wants residents to help him gather a mountain of cans , aluminium or tin , to be recycled on May 6 . |
| 10 | Grumpily Dai Huang chose Li Lu , to help him construct a newer , bigger kiln . |
| 11 | To help him pass a large , firm stool , make sure he 's able to push with both feet : put a small step in front of the loo if his feet do n't touch the floor . |
| 12 | George 's favourite model , his daughter Samantha , had turned model-maker for this project and fashioned a velvet beanbag to help him achieve a realistic finish and to portray the Teddy as an ‘ old bear with modern leanings . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And did any ask of you , towards the end of the evening , to help him hoist a long bundle on to the wagon with the wood ? ’ asked Cadfael , directly but without much expectation , and shook to the simple answer . |
| 14 | Now an enthusiast from Wigan is appealing to the town 's former loco engineering brains-trust to help him return a currently heavily corroded expatriate railcar to service deep in the Emerald Isle … |
| 15 | Cocteau would have been delighted to introduce Modigliani to his world of the new couturiers and of Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes , to help him to become a fashionable and popular portrait painter . |
| 16 | Mr O'Donnell said he had agreed to go with McPherson on the night of his ordeal to help him steal a van from Tarbert . |
| 17 | To help him find a buyer , he enlisted the help of one Robin ‘ Danny ’ Ford , a bartender with a side-line in insurance and real estate . |
| 18 | And so , wrote Jimmy Carter , rather casually , " I asked Cy to scout around to help him find a place to stay . " |
| 19 | He had a wealth of stories she had loved to listen to , and in return had agreed to help him begin a proper catalogue of his collection . |
| 20 | He 'd have been better off getting them to help him compose a Dear Marje letter . |
| 21 | If that had been the case , then he could at least have received finance in the eighties when rich and influential independent figures such as Steven Spielberg , Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty — all of whom professed admiration for Welles — had the chance to help him get a film financed and passed . |
| 22 | It seems that during a period of good relations between the Spaniards and the native Indians , the cacique of one local tribe had become blood-brother to Balboa , and had actually persuaded the Spaniard to help him prosecute a local war . |
| 23 | I can see that the third party would have a cogent argument that even if he were liable to compensate the plaintiffs in respect of these matters it would not be just and equitable to require him to make a contribution to the third defendant 's liability . |
| 24 | Ever since the happy visit of the year before , I had been trying to persuade him to pay a second and , if possible , longer visit . |
| 25 | Try to persuade him to make a real effort to give up smoking — he may put on a bit of weight but he can tackle that later — and to eat frequent snacks throughout the day instead of two or three heavy meals . |
| 26 | These somewhat academic findings are not very helpful to the mother whose child has begged her to let him watch a gangster film or to buy him a plastic ‘ death-ray gun ’ for Christmas . |
| 27 | pure , pure and simply to let him get a sleep . |
| 28 | Er you want to let him have a look |
| 29 | In Parliament two days later , Paisely asked James Prior , leader of the House of Commons , to permit him to make a statement to the House on the matter . |
| 30 | ‘ He is one of the best players I have ever worked with and it 's hard to recall him having a bad game . |