Example sentences of "him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later ( Mk 12 : 29 ) they would hear him affirm the oneness of God , but how reconcile that with this ? |
| 2 | Grumpily Dai Huang chose Li Lu , to help him construct a newer , bigger kiln . |
| 3 | ‘ Put yourself into the hands of a Gothic architect , tell him what you want , let him invoke his muse and his clerks , and know the result . |
| 4 | The smudginess of the pastels had helped him cover up early errors . |
| 5 | As for the future , Clayton hopes to produce a book of selected work and is trying to convince his superiors to let him cover sport full time for the SMH , though he keeps an open mind . |
| 6 | He returned to the barn to ask the other farm workers to help him cover the ricks . |
| 7 | I never felt him cover me , or tuck me up … |
| 8 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 9 | Let him rule this country for you . ’ |
| 10 | His knowledge of the Anglican religious communities , such as it was , made him think that if he decided to try this out , Mirfield in Yorkshire would be the right place ; for at Mirfield many of the fathers had a vocation to teach , or to hear confessions . |
| 11 | To Warnie , he had written a letter fall of the gravest admonitions , designed to make him think carefully about what he was committing himself to . |
| 12 | Bring fully into the consciousness of your patient that particular lift of his mother 's eyebrows which he learnt to dislike in the nursery and let him think how he dislikes it . |
| 13 | He wished he had n't spotted it as it made him think of this morning and going round the house in Hill View Road , and the idea his Mum and Dad had about moving . |
| 14 | But the hostility on her face made him think twice about going any nearer . |
| 15 | I waited a moment , letting him think the line was dead . |
| 16 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 17 | He had forgotten all about his mother 's present and seeing it made him think even more of home . |
| 18 | You 're doing him harm , making him think he 's so wonderful . ’ |
| 19 | He remembered old dad VATman up at Hoomey 's sitting by the fire and how he had wanted to go there , and that made him think of a good name : Lucky Fireside … no , Firelight , Lucky Firelight . |
| 20 | But he looked up all the same and saw the bike pass by , the rider wearing an unfamiliar black helmet and black leathers , the motorbike low-slung , bulging , making a noise that made him think of someone beating cream in a bowl with a wooden spoon . |
| 21 | Bernard 's original idea was for a 24″ tank next to the fire , but our series made him think again . |
| 22 | I hoped my vote would make him think again . |
| 23 | It was the association of hot springs and helium that had made him think that there could be something to Chatterjee 's idea after all , and maybe to the claims by Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 24 | And there were times now , even amidst the hubbub of men , when the numbness reared its head again and made him think that eventually it would take over and he 'd descend into silence , cold unthinking silence . |
| 25 | He was a fool to expect anything other than he got , however : surely only vanity could have made him think he could seduce a mob of Madness fans ? |
| 26 | Would have made him think he was with the poor bloody paras in a tent in Afghanistan … |
| 27 | What makes him think he 's so wonderful ? ’ |
| 28 | It made him think about last night 's events . |
| 29 | She professed love for Gentle at intervals , but not with sufficient consistency to make him think he could prise her from her husband , even if he wanted to , which he was by no means certain he did . |
| 30 | More recently his attempt to damp down the fires of the Rushdie controversy , A Satanic Affair : Salman Rushdie and The Rage of Islam , infuriated both Muslim militants and some of Rushdie 's friends , which makes him think he got the balance about right . |