Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 2 | I stated my views to Lord Stanley as fully as I could , but I fear that the Exchequer is not in a condition to enable him to second my views , 1 think you will do me the credit to say that if any man can organize an Expedition for interior research I can , and that there are few if any here more qualified from experience for such a task . |
| 3 | Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon . |
| 4 | He wanted to take O'Hara to the Beaux Arts Club to drink him into sleep . |
| 5 | The second tactic he regards as an attempt to keep him in line . |
| 6 | Maj.-Gen Bantu Holomisa , the leader of the ruling Military Council in the nominally independent Transkei homeland ( whose independence was not internationally recognized ) , accused South Africa of being behind an attempt to remove him from power on Nov. 22 . |
| 7 | However , when he later became drowsy she telephoned for an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 8 | They found it difficult to rouse him and on seeing the bottle of tablets on the floor next to him , called an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 9 | The cub became so domesticated he had to be put through a special programme to prepare him for life in his natural habitat . |
| 10 | Apparently she often approached him with a picture book or toy to engage him in play with her . |
| 11 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 12 | It is not recorded in what mischief the Lord Mayor of York used to indulge , but the Lady Mayoress had a three foot long staff of honour to keep him in order ! |
| 13 | Attempts by the city council to force him from office had proved unsuccessful , and the process had been complicated by frequent changes of mind by Gates over when and whether he was willing to step down . |
| 14 | And while the Senate President was away in Berlin , Forster and his cronies concocted a simple plan to remove him from office . |
| 15 | A frog asked a princess to take him to bed with her so that he could turn into a fairy prince . |
| 16 | Bradley 's personally appointed police commission suspended Gates from office , only for the city council to return him to duty via the courts . |
| 17 | Gorbachev had apparently asked for the military to support him as Commander-in-Chief . |
| 18 | A kick which falls short places the kicker at a distinct disadvantage , because his body weight is totally behind the kick , so that it is easy for his opponent to pull him off balance . |
| 19 | That failing , there can be a conveyance between the husband and wife , to which the first mortgagee is a party , to release the husband from liability under the first mortgage and take a covenant to observe and perform the same from the wife who will also covenant with the husband to indemnify him in respect of the second mortgage . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , her desire to keep him at arm 's length dwindling to nothing . |
| 21 | Pennethorne regarded Hunt 's appointment as another move to deprive him of work which was rightfully his . |
| 22 | IT IS a pity that Mikhail Gorbachev survived the move to oust him as leader of the Communist Party last month . |
| 23 | The secretary was therefore directed to write to the Duke of Northumberland , asking permission to nominate him as president . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He strenuously denied having committed any offence , however , and the government eventually decided that there was insufficient evidence to indict him on espionage charges . |
| 26 | And above all , why should Isambard come down here in person to visit him after supper , splendid and ceremonious in his brown and gold brocade , attended by servants bringing in a gilded chair for him , and a page carrying wine ? |
| 27 | They gave him clothing ( which included a black jacket and striped trousers — my father 's best suit ) and enough food and water to last him until morning . |
| 28 | We were going to talk about his subject of the day to put him at ease , and then just come out with it — ‘ By the way I 've got a joke for you Dave … ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Magistrate Daphne Wickham freed Bridges , 20 , at London 's Thames court after finding there was insufficient evidence to send him for trial . |