Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I was a fool to endure him for so long . ’
2 You married below yourself , DeVore thought at once , knowing that Sung would never have made Field Supervisor without such a woman to push him from behind .
3 In other words , they demand that he give a lead ; meanwhile , however , countless obstacles are placed in his path to prevent him from actually exercising leadership .
4 At a more substantial level , a president might agree to appear in the constituency of a key congressman at election time to provide him with highly visible and , possibly , crucial support .
5 And does Bob Halton have to use his old car or the demands of his mother to protect him from yet another demanding woman , whom he senses beneath the caring , loving girl he married ?
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