Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father would joke about him to her when he 'd had a drink over much : ‘ Ready-made son you 've got now then , daughter , is it ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 2 | He had then suggested she come with him to his house to help unload . |
| 3 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 4 | There is also reference to reprimands and complaints addressed by him to his subordinates ; on one occasion we are told that the generals on an unsuccessful campaign justified their failure by explaining that although his piety was noted , he was not feared and this meant that his agents commanded no respect . |
| 5 | I had had to talk about him to someone to ease my mind . |
| 6 | I ought not to talk about him to you . |
| 7 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 8 | ‘ You sound like him to me . ’ |
| 9 | So I rode with him to his castle in Dunbar , and stayed there two weeks . |
| 10 | She walked with him to his carriage , the reckless high-perch phaeton she had seen often enough outside the Fleece , his horse held now by a wizened little urchin quite blue with cold , to whom he tossed a coin . |
| 11 | That is the only case of the thousands of cases that I have raised with him to which he has said yes . |
| 12 | They all returned from him to you , |
| 13 | She glanced from him to his wife . |
| 14 | To get the best out of the situation both sides must try to understand how the other man goes about his work , what his problems are and how you can best communicate with him to your own advantage . |
| 15 | I sent for him to his private address as soon as I got the news but he has to get up from Winchester . ’ |
| 16 | When the prayers were ended the three girls kissed him goodnight in turn , and Rose went with him to their room . |
| 17 | ‘ Not a lady to keep a man waiting , ’ he murmured approvingly , and , basking in his appreciation of her promptitude , she went with him to his car and , as he set the Mercedes in motion , had time to realise that she was n't shy , for goodness ' sake . |
| 18 | The Mukhtar is the elected head of the village , and all requests or problems are passed through him to me . |
| 19 | And then the plate was passed from him to his murderer and it was passed round until it was passed to the bank manager who would n't give her the money and then back to her . |
| 20 | Only once , and perhaps not surprisingly , when he talked about having to explain the implications of what has happened to him to his five-year-old daughter , Camera , did he almost break down . |
| 21 | she does n't talk to him she talks about him to everybody else , either way she |
| 22 | Many , ranging from large estates to small-holdings in towns , were given by him to his French supporters and to those English whom he could tempt over to settle in northern France . |