Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards . |
| 2 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 3 | Taylor , however , is hoping that ‘ Gazza ’ may not need to wear the protective covering on his face against the Poles and has arranged for him to visit the surgeon who performed the original operation to check on his recovery so far . |
| 4 | it will need for him to phone the firm then because he got me direct |
| 5 | In consequence of my suggestion , Harold Wilson asked Aitken and myself to dine with him to discuss the matter and to my amazement Max Aitken said that he would go , but only if I accompanied him . |
| 6 | The bread supplied by Benjamin Maulden was ‘ very indifferently baked ’ and the house surgeon was to write to him expressing the Board 's dissatisfaction — which was extended to a Mr. Bentham , whose bread was found to be underweight . |
| 7 | When she objected to him sharing the blame with the editor , he brushed her aside and said that without the keys a lot of information would have been kept from him . |
| 8 | ‘ I was resigned to him missing the return leg , but he has recovered remarkably quickly . |
| 9 | Subsequent works designed by him include the north range at Clare ( 1682–6 ) and probably the rebuilding of St Catharine 's College ( 1674–1704 ) . |
| 10 | A junior spin doctor wandered down the aisle of bus and aeroplane using the language which presumably they drum into them at medical school : ‘ I will certainly convey your request to the Prime Minister for a comment on these polls , but I think you will find him taking the view that after April 9 you will all be writing about him winning the only poll that matters . ’ |
| 11 | Mcallister does seem to be overshadowed by him when he is on the pitch , looking for him to take the lead , provide the inspiration etc which strach is no longer doing as well as he once did . |
| 12 | It would n't do for him to reveal the truth to Tyler Blacklock , because then that young man would no doubt turn heaven and earth upside down to find his sweetheart . |
| 13 | I think Leeds function as a better team without him playing , when he does play I get the feeling that the other players sit back and wait for him to produce the move that will lead to the scores . |
| 14 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 15 | The major works connected with him include the Farnese Casket , the decoration of the Cancelleria Palace ( notably by Vasari ) , Titian 's Naples ‘ Danae ’ , the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Church of Il Gesù — an impressive array by any standards . |
| 16 | At a committee dinner held in his honour the day following his 90th birthday , Percy was told that the committee would like him to accept the role of branch president , and a commemorative plaque was presented to him to mark the occasion . |
| 17 | Julia deliberately turned to him to explain the significance of Comfort 's private jokes and fill in the background whenever she mentioned the name of one of their friends whom David could not know . |
| 18 | Major appealed to him to withdraw the threat to break off talks with the South African government [ see above ] , but at a press conference Mandela reiterated that such negotiations would cease on May 9 unless de Klerk acted to halt township violence . |
| 19 | As vicar , the Rev W H Dale Chapman owned a piece of land which went down to the lake but , when he began to plan such a service , the idea came to him to follow the example of Christ and preach from a boat . |
| 20 | Clark insists that he enjoys the responsibility of having the rest of the team looking to him to save the day . |
| 21 | Somerset 's new director of coaching , Bob Cottam , will be looking to him to provide the stability and experience which will complement the emergent talents of bowlers like Caddick and Van Troost . |
| 22 | He is accused of conspiring with Mohammed Haque , a BCCI manager , to mislead the bank 's auditor Price Waterhouse in 1984–85 with documents alleging that companies connected to him owed the bank £2.2m . |
| 23 | She had taken a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance , she realized now , waiting for him to open the door . |
| 24 | She then hesitated , waiting for him to leave the office so that she could speak to her father in private , but he made no move to do so . |
| 25 | If the client does not want to answer , he need not do so ; and the way is opened for him to raise the subject later if he so chooses . |
| 26 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 27 | So obsessed was he with Mary 's charm and the Casket Letters , that it did not occur to him to ask the much more prosaic but crucially important question : what effect did it have on her kingdom , in this age of religious and political upheaval and trauma , to be saddled with a ruler who shut herself off from reality whenever reality became difficult ? |
| 28 | He was aghast ; he had been so immersed in his work , and his late success , that it had hardly occurred to him to notice the conditions in which they lived , the state to which he had reduced Dinah . |
| 29 | Look at Him , being born in obscurity , in ordinary surroundings in Bethlehem ; growing and working in Nazareth ; look at Him , hot , thirsty and tired , travelling the dusty roads of Palestine ; look at Him healing the sick , raising the dead , forgiving the sinner ; and as you look , you will see God . |
| 30 | Police believe they 've identified the man who arranged for him to smuggle the drug and that he 's currently carrying out his business abroad . |