Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [to-vb] him in " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 'd need to hold a gun to Piggott 's head to keep him in hospital a day — no an hour — longer than strictly necessary . |
| 2 | Bartram expressed gratitude for Miller 's offer to assist him in understanding Linnaeus 's system and commented on the Swedish naturalist 's publication of all the North American plants observed by Kalm on his visit ( i.e. Species Plantarum , 2 vols. 1753 ) adding , ‘ I long to see these books — to see if they have done me justice , as Kalm promised me . ’ |
| 3 | Sacko , a UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) official serving in the Central African Republic , had been Finance Minister for six months before resigning in August 1987 in protest at the unwillingness of Traoré 's government to support him in a drive against corruption [ see pp. 36085-86 ] . |
| 4 | The kung fu practitioner uses his opponent 's strength to aid him in this task . |
| 5 | Then the Soviet authorities bowed to pressure and allowed the fiancée of Sakharov 's stepson to join him in the United States . |
| 6 | C.L.R.James did not concur with the British Left on this matter , having already declined George Padmore 's invitation to join him in his work with the Communist International , he now joined forces with a group of Marxist , anti-Stalinist radicals within the Independent Labour Party . |