Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] him [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul loves seeing him like this . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd seen him like that so many times before , but at least after a couple of days he 'd say , ‘ Vicky , I got to clean up . ’ |
| 3 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 4 | Refusing to let him see any trace of fear in her eyes , she squared up to him , pride stiffening her spine . |
| 5 | As for centre backs I 've no idea — ideally I 'd like to see him give half wit and Weatherall a good go along with Tinkler , Forrester and Sharp as I really ca n't see us winning the league after Saturdays shite performance . |
| 6 | And I 'd like to see him get all the way back here because … just because . ’ |
| 7 | On this evidence I 'd like to hear him conduct some genuine Delius . |
| 8 | She was impressed , and agreed to let him exhibit some work in one of the long corridors leading from reception to the dining-room . |
| 9 | How could she have let him do that ? |
| 10 | so I thought let him do that , |
| 11 | Temperament and conviction combined to make him see this moment , not as one of intriguing human possibilities , but as one offering an unofficial means to an official end . |
| 12 | Not that such a tenuous connection was any real guarantee of respectability , but it did make him seem less of a stranger . |
| 13 | She had heard him use that tone of voice in the past and knew exactly what it meant . |
| 14 | If ‘ that bloody woman ’ had heard him utter such a curse , she would have ripped into him with a piece of her mind , then he would have whipped her with his tongue , then this sop of a man before him would have got between them , and afore you knew it , there would be a full-scale war waging — and in the heat of the moment he might foolishly betray his devious plans to boot the lot of them out of his house and out of his life . |
| 15 | I 've seen him like this before , before you were born , when he cracked his ankle the week before the final trial . |
| 16 | I 've seen him like this in the library — grim as hell one minute , chortling the next . ’ |
| 17 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 18 | The Shah 's own eyes 's were wet , This was not the first time that his officers had seen him show such emotion . |
| 19 | It was the first time I had seen him reveal any emotion in his face , and it had something of the intensity of grief . |
| 20 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
| 21 | What on earth had made him say that ? |
| 22 | " Funny , being a bird-watcher , " a boy called Cosgrave had once said and Stephen had made him take that back , twisting his arm until he agreed to . |
| 23 | But erm , the Chief Constable himself , and I have heard him say this , has no confidence that the paperwork will be reduced and that any er , more constables will be seen on the beat . |
| 24 | Yeah and Mike 's seen him like that and mum went round the ward and she made all the beds to help them and all , we had to bribe them to look after him , but was he looked after in the end , on Saturday I said look , I said do n't fucking come over here and tell me my dad 's gon na be turned in a minute I said because a minute is a minute , I said but when you come over here three and a half hours later to my dad that 's like three years , he 's in excruciating agony , he wants to turn him when you tell him you 're gon na turn him |
| 25 | Ultimately the gig lacked magic because the crowd wanted to hear him play some Eric Clapton numbers . |
| 26 | It is particularly important that this message comes from the woman : your partner is still a real man and you have to let him know that loud and clear . |