Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travelling at a speed of a hundred miles an hour made him worry that he would leave the safety of God 's Earth . |
| 2 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 3 | Peering out a few seconds later , Manville saw him turn and begin to stroll down the street . |
| 4 | Shiona felt him sigh as he laid his hands on her shoulders . |
| 5 | ‘ Probably , ’ Cardiff mouthed , naked fear making him tremble as he reached the step above the thing . |
| 6 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
| 7 | She stood defiantly in front of him , shaking her head , trying desperately to find the words to make him realise that she was tired , due for leave , and really felt he should ask someone else . |
| 8 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
| 9 | Friends raise funds for Mark THE family and friends of autistic five-year-old Mark Mason have raised £1,400 to buy special computer equipment to help him communicate and make better progress at the special school he attends in York . |
| 10 | His name was Joe Jack , and after my first visit I went back many times to hear him talk as he carved out the shape of a leather sole or polished a repaired shoe on his rotary machine . |
| 11 | The court heard how he intended to use the drug to help him relax while filming for HTV in South Wales . |
| 12 | Darwin himself had little sympathy for these ideas and not much , personally , for Spencer , though he did once say — I quote Burrow ( p. 182 ) — ‘ in a moment of enthusiasm … that Spencer 's Principles of Biology made him feel that he ‘ is about a dozen times my superior ’ , and thought that Spencer might one day be regarded as the equal of Descartes and Leibniz , rather spoiling the effect by adding , ‘ about whom , however , I know very little ’ ’ . |
| 13 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 14 | His face shadowed as the thought of Ray Doyle 's punctured body made him realise that perhaps Doyle 's oriental interests were a thing of the past , now . |
| 15 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , so relieved when it was out that the recoil made him faint and set him shaking . |
| 16 | Tobie had been inclined to object , but le Grant helped him pack and assemble his travelling party . |
| 17 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 18 | The idea that he was alive crystallized the need to let him know that we were trying to help him . |
| 19 | ‘ Wumman , can ye no hold yerr head up ? ’ a tourist heard him shout as he pinned her cape , pricking her chin . |
| 20 | ‘ I was a bit surprised Liverpool let him go after he looked one of their best players last season , but I do n't suppose Ron is too worried about that . |
| 21 | ‘ I could have got him when Liverpool let him go but I said balls to him . |
| 22 | Adam heard him curse and the others laugh at his misfortune . |
| 23 | Their bleedings and leakages , their lumps and growths , their peculiarly painful-sounding surgical operations — scraping of wombs , stripping of veins , amputation of breasts — the mere mention of such things makes him wince and cringe , and lately the menopause has added new items to the repertory : the hot flush , flooding , and something sinister called a bloat . |
| 24 | It took a long talk from one of the Sisters of Charity to make him realise that God had given him the gift of his voice and he was to use his gift with religion to help these people . |
| 25 | The return to normality after the Angelus hush made him feel that the all-seeing spirit which had for a while hovered doubtfully over his actions had now moved on . |
| 26 | Claudia heard him say as he went out . |
| 27 | ‘ As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’ |
| 28 | Lucie saw him wave and pointed a jeering finger , saying aside to his daughter , ‘ Yah , look at the little Pope blessing the faithful ! ’ |
| 29 | What he heard in her voice made him frown and try to warn her . |
| 30 | Johnny looked sulky , but something in Cassie 's voice made him hesitate and then say : ‘ Oh , all right . |