Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover . |
| 2 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 3 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 4 | Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how the prioress kept sending him frowning glances at being ignored , interspersed with coy smiles in an attempt to provoke him into some loving conspiracy about the events of the previous night . |
| 5 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |
| 6 | In his speeches to the multitudes , Franco 's enthusiasm for the Falange put monarchists and military on notice that any attempt to push him into early retirement would have to contend with the mass opposition of his " popular support " . |
| 7 | He released a hundred quintols of amyl to remind him of that . |
| 8 | I decided to follow him to his bedroom to confront him with this unacceptable behaviour . |
| 9 | He claimed that he was the victim of a " Stalinist " campaign to oust him by fellow NSF members who had used information on him obtained from Securitate files to publish smears in the NSF-controlled media . |
| 10 | He had a council to advise him on these policy decisions , and he and his council recognized the great similarity between the powers of the assembly and those of the House of Commons in passing laws and imposing new taxes . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He does not have a conscience , it is our job to provide him with that . |
| 13 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 14 | They manhandled Mr Reagan to the side of the stage and pounced on his attacker , forcing him over the podium to check him for any possible weapons before dragging him away . |
| 15 | Associated Tunnelling Co Ltd the Employment Appeals Tribunal ( EAT ) held that the tribunal had correctly concluded that there was an implied term in Mr Jones 's contract of employment to the effect that his employer had the right to transfer him to any site within reasonable daily commuting reach of his home . |
| 16 | It was the question she had been screwing up her courage to ask him for some time , but Duro pretended he had n't heard , and turned away to talk to Dom Alfonso . |
| 17 | However , he was mindful of his limitations and , after some time , he was able to arrange for a ‘ godly , diligent physician ’ to come and set up a practice in the town to relieve him of this burden . |
| 18 | You pay a forfeit to put him in that race . |
| 19 | When one master tires of a slave , it is a commonplace to sell him to another . ’ |
| 20 | And versatile international Joe Lydon has signed a new 12-month contract to keep him at Central Park . |
| 21 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 22 | ‘ I know you can do it , ’ Biddy said unrelenting , and called for Nails after school every day on her motor-bike to subject him to another two-hour session on the aptly named Switchback . |
| 23 | Was it right at the end of a distinguished public servant 's long career to reduce him to such misery ? |
| 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 | He told her : ‘ Whatever Howard Smith 's treatment of you — and I accept that it was evil and gross — you embarked on this conspiracy with your father to murder him with remarkable deliberation and involvement in the arrangements for his killing . ’ |
| 26 | I think they will , but I can not be sure , and I would not want the National Curriculum to force him on unwilling teachers . |
| 27 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |