Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horrified by his latest intentions , they were perhaps genuinely considering a last-ditch attempt to save him from himself . |
| 2 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 3 | If the failed attempt to oust him from Wadham in 1654 was the work of stricter puritans who suspected him of reducing Christianity to morality , so in the 1660s his ‘ club for comprehension ’ evoked the censure of high churchmen . |
| 4 | When Adam was 9 , she took the brave decision to remove him from school because she thought he was being held back . |
| 5 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |
| 6 | Yet oddly enough when Massine staged his Donald of the Burthens with the help of a Scottish expert to guide him through the traditional steps and figures it was not a success , possibly because too much reliance was placed . |
| 7 | On this occasion , he grew bored with the idea of Algeria , and to the consternation of parliament commandeered a French warship to take him to Tunisia . |
| 8 | Chain , exasperated by the British failure to provide him with adequate research facilities , migrated to Rome , but was retained as a consultant by Beecham 's at a time when the firm was rapidly developing its research facilities . |
| 9 | On his return from Scotland he had asked the French government to provide him with 18,000 men for a fresh attempt and had then visited Spain to seek help from Ferdinand VI , but , like Louis XV , the Spanish king was non-committal . |
| 10 | The inclusion of this clause enables him to recover all loss , however remote , ( provided he can prove causation ) suffered as a result of the sellers 's wrongful acts , since the seller has , by the clause , undertaken an express obligation to compensate him for such loss . |
| 11 | Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount . |
| 12 | THE parents of murdered schoolteacher Fiona Jones want to meet the French Ambassador to tell him about their dissatisfaction with the result of the recent trial . |
| 13 | He told the reporter , who was driven blindfold to meet him at a secret location , that gangsters doused one of his two sons with petrol and threatened to kill them both if he did not co-operate in the theft . |
| 14 | Many believe that Mr Kinnock 's heart may have been cut out and stamped on but that it beats anew in Mr Brown , and for this reason alone the party leader is credited with wanting the 41-year old Scot to succeed him in the event of disaster . |
| 15 | He used a silver-topped cane to assist him to the dining-room . |
| 16 | And while the Senate President was away in Berlin , Forster and his cronies concocted a simple plan to remove him from office . |
| 17 | And 47-year-old Peter , who models himself on rock legend Elvis Presley , reckons he has the perfect record to make him into an all-round star — Bhingi Bajee Boogy . |
| 18 | In man also there seems to be a similar principle to guide him on his journey . |
| 19 | referred to a statutory predecessor of Ord. 62 , r. 24 and said : ‘ Where an account consists in part of a bill of costs , the judge may direct the taxing master to assist him in settling such costs . ’ |
| 20 | It is pointed out in Washington that the President made a special point of ensuring that Mr Major was the first European leader to meet him in the White House . |
| 21 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 22 | I think they will , but I can not be sure , and I would not want the National Curriculum to force him on unwilling teachers . |
| 23 | Before Lachlan could free it Hector had tripped him and soused him , for the cold water to bring him to his senses . |
| 24 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , this emphasis on the fact that Jesus was a real man , and the rejection of what was certainly a widespread tendency to picture him as a purely superhuman ( and rather unreal ) figure , were clearly necessary : here lies one side of what classical Christian teaching has always held . |
| 26 | Persuading the soft left to back him through thick and thin on the national executive was one of Kinnock 's greatest achievements . |
| 27 | It costs a great deal to keep him in the home , as well as your father . ’ |
| 28 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
| 29 | Briefly Jaq entertained the notion that he was being tested by some Hidden Master of his secret order who had instructed Baal Firenze to send him to Stalinvast to assess whether Jaq possessed supreme courage and insight — enough for him to become a Hidden Master himself . |
| 30 | He says it means a lot to me , ity 's a great honour to have him in a little town like this . |