Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to see him take the ball from them , and the strikers , so that he can look to score goals like he did in Wednesday 's game with Turkey . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Patrick McGoohan , who wrote the series , was looking for a car to use and Lotus tried to persuade him to use the Elan , ’ says Graham Nearn , managing director of Caterham Cars , which still makes the Seven today . |
| 3 | If you go back to the time United Biscuits felt they had to close their Liverpool factory , the bishops up in Liverpool marched on Hector Laing and tried to persuade him to put the decision off . |
| 4 | The next time he went to church she waylaid him after the evening service , and tried to persuade him to enter the hall , where — as he had guessed — a cup of tea was about to be made . |
| 5 | Kasparov said he had been negotiating with the FIDE president , Florencio Campomanes , for several days to try to persuade him to transfer the federation 's rights to stage the championship to the PCA and make Manchester a ‘ transitionary ’ match . |
| 6 | ‘ Is The Pussy Still Good ’ recounts the familiar story of running into an old boyfriend who was a prick , but you still want to fuck him cause the sex was so great . |
| 7 | From the age of eight he began at 5 a.m. despite being so small that special pattens had to be made to enable him to reach the machinery , and he bore the scars of the corporal punishment inflicted on him there for the rest of his life . |
| 8 | In case you missed Pete with his head in the clouds today , you can expect to see him topping the bill at air shows throughout the summer . |
| 9 | ‘ Everybody needs a base , ’ she had returned lightly , refusing to let him dull the excitement she had felt ever since finding the farmhouse . |
| 10 | The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed — the Emperor even entertained the children with conjuring tricks — and when the time came to leave he assured the Queen that ‘ If we stayed longer we should end up by forgetting France altogether . ’ |
| 11 | Erm that was er Steve from the Youth Centre because we 've just er told him how much it 's going to cost him to use the school premises next year , and he 's thrown a dickey fit . |
| 12 | Patrick realised that this was SOCO 's way of recognising that he was persona grata and was going to allow him to enter the murder room . |
| 13 | And how , come to think of it , was Henry going to get him to absorb the stuff , short of creeping up on him while he was asleep and forcing it down his throat or up his arse ? |
| 14 | We 've got to stop him leaving the country . ’ |
| 15 | One may imagine that bishops would rush to ordain him to make the point . |
| 16 | If we are dealing with a regression to what may be a former lifetime , then , having asked the patient to go back to a period with which his subconscious mind feels comfortable , I like to help him to create the picture of his former personality little by little . |
| 17 | As the water began to boil he tipped the dumplings into the bowl and stirred them gently before leaving them to cook . |
| 18 | Aloud , she said , ‘ Did n't you try to persuade him to call the police ? ’ |
| 19 | He seems to think he has the moral right to usurp him , completely ignoring the woman who nurtured him through his last worst year . |
| 20 | ‘ Just because he won a few stupid car races , ’ she went on , ‘ he seems to think he rules the world ! |
| 21 | When her sister rang to say he fitted the description of a wanted man given on BBC TV 's Crimewatch UK , he told her : ‘ Do n't be silly ’ . |
| 22 | Long before Quex died , however , Edward Carrington had discovered better reasons than inter-service rivalry and backstabbing to make him doubt the quality of the organization he had been so proud to join . |
| 23 | As he started to speak he heard the line go momentarily dead and then break into a callbox paytone . |
| 24 | It was touching to watch him cross the road to the crowds in Downing Street yesterday to talk quietly to them . |
| 25 | All the activity around his earth , and the fact that there were a mere three hounds , had combined to make him think the open country might be safer today ; now they 'd given him proof that it was n't . |
| 26 | A meeting at Bristol Guildhall on 17 November was called to congratulate the king on his escape , but attracted as well a large group who wished to implore him to end the war . |
| 27 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 28 | Darren had been a poor feeder even in the early days and mother remembered spending hours with him trying to get him to take the bottle . |
| 29 | we were trying to get him to sell the Guinness fifty P a pint because it was Saint Patrick 's day |
| 30 | Because this man here does not want to admit he knows the likes of us ? ’ |