Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken . |
| 2 | After a few weeks , Mr Sowerberry decided that he liked Oliver 's appearance enough to train him in the undertaking business . |
| 3 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 4 | By 1864 his interest in Christianity and his deference to family expectations were still strong enough to lead him to the choice of theology as one of his two subjects at Bonn ; but there is no doubt that belief was a thing of the past . |
| 5 | That was good enough to put him in the lead for the amateur half of the tournament . |
| 6 | ‘ Well then , you had better have one , ’ said Diana , and bent down to kiss him on the cheek . |
| 7 | She sat down to study him across the table . |
| 8 | Surely the manager could have massaged his ego enough to keep him at the club . |
| 9 | And , although he had recently been known to talk to an invisible giant white rabbit and peek at his neighbours through binoculars , neither of these traits were deemed enough to blacken him in the eyes of the electors . |
| 10 | Reading this group of sonnets is to be reminded of the noble conclusion to the first book of Bacon 's Advancement of Learning : In describing his Friend as my love or He the Poet could be seen as using the third-person form in order to place him apart , perhaps to place him outside the sphere of time 's influence . |
| 11 | Unfortunately when we went into the shop to buy his gift we met a couple of his ex-girlfriends who insisted on coming along to remind him of the girls he is leaving behind , and to present him with a small , but wonderfully-packaged gift , a token of our friendship . |
| 12 | He allowed her gently to propel him towards the sitting room , all the while murmuring , ‘ Always puzzled me … always puzzled me . ’ |
| 13 | It was only Cranmer who was brave enough to confront him with the evidence of the infidelities of the adored young Queen of his middle age , Catherine Howard . |
| 14 | Like every well-known actor playing tough characters , there was always someone drunk enough to shove him in the back with the challenge , ‘ OK , Mr Tough Guy , let's see how tough you really are . ’ |
| 15 | French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface . |
| 16 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 17 | England , too , came to realise his significance which is why , since the Carling-Guscott partnership began , they have tried somehow to work him into the side . |
| 18 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 19 | And when Rufus 's arms grabbed him from behind , ostensibly of course just to duck him under the surface , he found himself resisting in a way that Rufus recognized as real resistance and let him go . |
| 20 | Jazzbeaux tried not to look him in the eye . |
| 21 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 22 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |
| 23 | I truly did mean just to ride him to the nearest hamlet . |
| 24 | ‘ It is number 52 , is n't it ? ’ she asked , just to keep him at the end of the line . |
| 25 | She wondered whether , if Mrs Khalid were in love with her son 's friend Sharif , would she do as Rhoda had done , try to marry off her daughter to Sharif just to keep him in the family ? |
| 26 | It is essential not to confound him with the greater Frederick II ( Hohenstaufen ) , holy Roman emperor from 1215 to 1250 , and before that ( 1198–1212 ) king of Sicily as Frederick I. For this great figure , author of The Book of the Falcon and a hero for Dante as well as Pound , is to figure portentously in the Thrones cantos to come as we shall see . |
| 27 | Mark Hazell has been granted a judicial review of Avon County Council 's decision not to place him in the residential home of his own choosing , Milton Heights in Oxfordshire . |
| 28 | The little man stood up and came over to join him at the fire . |
| 29 | Although I was not fortunate enough ever to see him in the flesh , I suggest that his picture should be tattooed on the brain of every aspiring judge . |
| 30 | Alex Household drew aside to let him into the flat . |