Example sentences of "[verb] him [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Isay helped him dress for the banquet that evening , showing no resentment at having to double as valet as well as bodyguard . |
2 | It had earlier looked promising for White , as breaks of 73 , 64 , and 52 helped him cruise into a 4-2 lead . |
3 | But even though the fridge helped him acclimatise to the cold , the temperature of minus twenty degrees celcius was still a little on the warm-side ! |
4 | The Prince 's vanity had made him dress for a winter 's campaign on what threatened to be the summer 's hottest day yet . |
5 | Rufus stubbed out his second cigarette , put the paper into his briefcase and slung over his shoulders the marvellous black leather coat from Beltrami he had bought in Florence , which would have made him look like a gangster if he had not been so fair and ruddy-faced and with such blue , English eyes . |
6 | It was about six feet from him when it went off , to which distance , and the fact that Peter 's kick had made him roll into the water at the minute of explosion , he owed his mangled survival . |
7 | ‘ If you got as far as Spargo 's you must have seen him go under the scaffolding . ’ |
8 | They 'd have seen him walk toward the escalators as the car drew away , moving as if on some rudimentary automatic pilot . |
9 | Ymor had on several occasions seen him look around the room with an expression of deep satisfaction . |
10 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
11 | Charlotte had seen him turn in the doorway to speak to Mrs Lane , whose placid smile indicated that she knew and welcomed him . |
12 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
13 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
14 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
15 | he wo n't fly singles over water , at night , or over dubious terrain , though I have seen him fly over the odd potato field ! |
16 | If only she had seen him come into the shop — but she always seemed to miss him . |
17 | There were lines now from nose to mouth ; the lips were stern ; she had seen him take in the room , who was there , with whom , with one cold appraising glance as he entered . |
18 | Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts , and let him return to the Lord and he will have compassion on him . |
19 | ‘ Perhaps we can bring him here and let him rest under the trees . |
20 | The Alcometer reading was negligible , so we let him go with a warning . ’ |
21 | Usually I let him go on the . |
22 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
23 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
24 | Let him walk into the trap ! |
25 | He was , he was , th they they took him , they chained him up , and they let him loose in the local cemetery , and left him there . |
26 | Now if you think you know what building or place is , put your hand up , but I think what we 'll do is actually let him get to the end of his description first . |
27 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
28 | The SAS officer had saved his life during a raid in Northern Ireland , let him escape during a terrorist ambush . |
29 | I let him cry for a bit and then went over to him and squatted down beside him and put my hand over his shoulders . |
30 | If you kick a child all his schooldays , force him to labour sixteen hours a day seven days a week , yank out his teeth with forceps when they ache , bleed him when he is ill , beat him throughout his apprenticeship , starve him when he falls on bad times , and finally let him die in the workhouse when he ages prematurely , then you have educated a man , in the best way possible , to be indifferent . |