Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] him on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions . |
| 2 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 3 | She prised Burton out of digs in Streatham to install him on the top floor of her house in Pelham Crescent — just a few doors down from Emlyn Williams . |
| 4 | This shows that when Churchill first asked his officials to brief him on the subject , R. G. Hawtrey replied that public works would indeed increase employment , provided they were linked to an expansion of credit . |
| 5 | After a championship victory earlier in the year , at which circuit did his British fans risk their safety to mob him on the track ? |
| 6 | The vet checked Sam over and said all was well , and as it was a first fit there was no need to start him on the tablets , yet . |
| 7 | However , scarcely was the ink dry on the paper when , at the end of December 1981 , the Secretary of State announced in the House of Commons that , ‘ with the agreement of the local authority associations and after consultation with other interested parties ’ , he had decided to establish a new body to advise him on the distribution of the advanced further education pool and on academic provision in local authority institutions of higher education . |
| 8 | The Ayrshire Tory MP is well known for his un-compromising attitude on a variety of topics — nows our chance to find out what he 's got to say about child-care provision and your chance to tackle him on the governments record to date . |
| 9 | As the last of the militiamen were swallowed up by the forest a great roar of delight rose from the gipsies and they crowded around Noah to congratulate him on the unexpected victory he had scored over the Burford magistrate . |
| 10 | On the one hand he was supposedly an inferior being , with anti-social habits and disgusting personality traits ; on the other hand he possessed a superior intelligence and sufficient group solidarity to leave him on the verge of world domination . |
| 11 | But James said his son had needed some firm , fatherly advice to keep him on the right track as a teenager . |
| 12 | On March 1 , 1991 , Bolger personally telephoned US President Bush to congratulate him on the allied victory . |
| 13 | They would provide him with an army to set him on the throne in return for his establishment of a presbyterian form of church government throughout the realm . |
| 14 | And their hopes died on the hour when Hateley 's dummy gave Ian Durrant the space to release him on the left . |
| 15 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
| 16 | But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee . |
| 17 | He sought mandamus directed not to the visitor but to the provost and fellows to reinstate him on the grounds that the provost and fellows had breached the rules of natural justice . |
| 18 | He just stood there with hands on hips until Waters raised a hand to tap him on the shoulder . |
| 19 | It was such a surprise to see him on the beach like this . ’ |
| 20 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 21 | She went into Jack 's office to find him on the phone . |
| 22 | He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive . |
| 23 | But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road . |
| 24 | Try a part-time job , two kids with chicken-pox and an impending twin christening with 35 guests and 7 staying overnight , I thought , but I resisted the temptation to pat him on the head . |