Example sentences of "[verb] him in [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching the final scenes of Jean Harlow 's last film , the ones shot after she had died , defeated him in this way . |
| 2 | She wanted to kiss him , to soften him , to diminish him in some way so that she felt safer , more human . |
| 3 | She helped him in other ways also — she was a chauffeuse on occasions , tended him when he was ill , and sometimes acted as a secretary . |
| 4 | All personnel , military and civil , without distinction of rank will assist him in any way he sees fit . |
| 5 | On another day I provoked him in some way and he slapped my cheek . |
| 6 | I do n't see him in that way at all . ’ |
| 7 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |
| 8 | yeah she never does sport , she always get out of it , I ca n't see that that affects him in any way but apparently she always makes up excuses and stuff , and then that night at supper , he 's sitting there , you know , all |
| 9 | He had been trained to recognise anybody who had served under him , or who had helped him in any way . |
| 10 | From now on , she would touch him in any way she pleased , even when neither of them was feeling sexy , because she would still be feeling loving — for as long as the affair lasted . |
| 11 | Ari wondered whether she was betraying him in some way by leaving him alone with the dreaded sibling of Cabochon Crevecoeur . |
| 12 | But it certainly suited the dominant landed gentry to interpret him in that way . |
| 13 | Sarah Fleming had unsettled him in more ways than one . |
| 14 | Whereas Charles Dance did not resemble him in any way . |
| 15 | If he does , you will not , I repeat not , contact him in any way . |
| 16 | She did n't want to think about Timothy Gedge , to dwell on him or to consider him in any way whatsoever . |
| 17 | If my final sentence reassured him in any way he gave no sign , watching dead-faced as I injected 10 cc of Prontosil . |
| 18 | Yes , I can influence him in any way that I please . |
| 19 | To see him in this way has made it possible — has made it logical and rational — to set fire to the night skies of Iraq . |
| 20 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 21 | She had n't coerced him in any way . |
| 22 | She was so ashamed of not remembering what had happened that she felt she must compensate him in some way , so she kissed his mouth and stroked his cheek . |
| 23 | If a horse is being naughty then you have to punish him in some way — but do n't punish him if he does n't understand or is physically incapable of doing what you 've asked . ’ |
| 24 | If at the end of the specified period , or such longer period as he may allow , they have not satisfied him in one way or the other , the voluntary process ends and he may apply to the court . |
| 25 | But it hurt him in some way to admit that one of his key men came from the wrong end of the Bible , so to speak . |
| 26 | I wondered if I had offended him in some way . |
| 27 | The question seemed to amuse him in some way . |
| 28 | Harry denied in his letters that this fact was influencing him in any way . |
| 29 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |
| 30 | The first is the world economic situation , which hits him in two ways . |