Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] him [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to take that kind of man to make him sergeant in the beginning after the Police Strike . |
| 2 | Readers will soon discern , on page 42 if not earlier , that in the personality of Quisling they are faced with a thundering , breathtaking , unsurpassable bore : ‘ He lacked a sense of humour to give him balance . ’ |
| 3 | Kewenig has persuaded the state of Berlin to give him DM 11 million ( nearly £3 million ) to ‘ establish some centres of excellence , and attract more first class researchers to Berlin ’ . |
| 4 | Finally , the bodies created by Sir Keith Joseph — the School Curriculum Development Committee and the Secondary Examinations Council — would be replaced by a National Curriculum Council and a School Examinations and Assessment Council , both appointed by the Secretary of State , with responsibility to offer him advice on the national curriculum and its assessment . |
| 5 | Walter ‘ Terry ’ Smith , 36 , of Cowgate , Edinburgh , had been freed from jail to give him time to get fresh evidence to prove his innocence . |
| 6 | ‘ You then looked round in shock to see him fall . |
| 7 | Carver explained that he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500 any day . |
| 8 | Tomorrow Eubank expects to attract a reasonable crowd to Manchester to watch him floor another no-hoper , Juan Carlos Giminez of Paraguay , as he doggedly attempts to squeeze the last pound from his slight talent . |
| 9 | I understand general manager Dieter Hoeness , who has videos of him of him playing , has already flown to Britain to see him play . |
| 10 | For the adoring public which flocked to Cheltenham to pay him homage ( the official attendance was 56,884 ) , defeat was simply out of the question . |
| 11 | It took Edwards 's warrant card , two library tickets , a pay-slip and a snapshot of himself and his fiancee on the beach at Scarborough to win him admittance . |
| 12 | It was an effort for Leonora to wish him goodnight , an even greater effort to walk upstairs slowly , instead of running headlong to her room , where she lay sleepless for hours , unable to get Penry Vaughan 's handsome , cynical face out of her mind . |