Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] him [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IGNORED our plea for him to address the ‘ Southgate Semiotics Society ’ — a body ‘ concerned with discussing the most poignant examples of what we believe to be ironic , individualist/regionalist and deconstructionist English . ’ |
| 2 | As he was the only able-bodied man on the farm , it was a constant struggle for him to make the mortgage payments . |
| 3 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 4 | The not-so-dour Scot knows it will be a unique experience for him to take the visitor 's dressing room at the citadel where his deeds as player and manager became legend — as did his departure . |
| 5 | Even though James V had brought artillery with him to pound the walls , it made little impression , and in the end the besiegers ran out of gunpowder . |
| 6 | It is a disappointment to him to see the way canoeing is marketed and perceived , particularly the view that people ca n't be coached after a certain level . |
| 7 | Officials refused to discuss his itinerary and , most unusually for such a senior member of the Royal Family , it was indicated that there was no plan for him to meet the public . |
| 8 | Was it not a benefit to him to have the crew sail the ship home rather than abandon him and it in a foreign port ? |
| 9 | There was no need for him to use the overdraft . |
| 10 | No need for him to see the balance sheet . ’ |
| 11 | In May papal backing was given to her conditions for return ; two legates brought letters urging the younger Despenser to assist the reconciliation of the king and queen , virtually a request for him to abandon the court , but they got no further than Dover where the king interviewed them and threatened them with death if they dared to publish the pope 's letters . |
| 12 | It must have been a million-to-one chance for him to hit the car right in the middle . ’ |
| 13 | He 'll be putting the disappointment of this years boat race behind him to lead the challenge next year . |
| 14 | The TBM 700 's purchase price includes two type ratings , and the usual practice is for the owner-pilot to bring a professional flier with him to take the course . |
| 15 | Chief Inspector Salter was anxious to see him and she had made an appointment for him to see the Chief Superintendent later that day . |
| 16 | A new offer for him to challenge the world heavyweight champion , American Ruddick Bowe , is reportedly being thrashed out . |
| 17 | It would have been no trouble to him to write the exchange in modern English : ‘ It 's always like that with the things men start off on … |
| 18 | Really it 's hard there was there was n't too much space for him to squeeze the ball back but he 's got to be looking to put the ball back from there . |
| 19 | Despite Dick Crossman 's native love of a row , there was not sufficient of the political fighter about him to light the blue touchpaper regardless . |
| 20 | Can , can I just I thought that my perceptions of this was there were twenty schemes already in existence er split between parish wardens and parish constables and there was gon na be a report put back to the er home secretary for him to decide the way forward and er that er we would wait for the evaluation of that scheme before we went further . |
| 21 | it 's not like a good enough reason for him to call the characters these names , like if they do n't have that much significance . |
| 22 | It was obvious that he did n't care a fig what she looked like , but that was no reason for him to tighten the purse-strings . |
| 23 | Since Vic was not a forester , there was no reason for him to follow the quaint ways of the forest . |
| 24 | At all events , she had committed no crime , so there was no reason for him to pursue the matter any further . |
| 25 | However , the Vauxhall Sport result , where he was only beaten by the official team Subarus of Richard Burns and Alister McRae and finished ahead of the new Ford Escort Cosworths of Gwyndaf Evans , has provided sufficient encouragement for him to tackle the next round of the Open series , the Pirelli International on April 17/18 . |
| 26 | His lips moved , framing words , but there was no strength in him to make the air push forward and give sound to the desperate message he was trying to call … |
| 27 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late in the year for him to see the true beauty of the moor . ’ |
| 29 | She held out the bottle for him to read the label . |
| 30 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |