Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The class had taken a whole afternoon to find him buried beneath his precious collection and he had been more concerned about his stones than himself . |
| 2 | After months of legal moves , the bid to have him extradited to Jersey to face trial for murdering his parents has been stalled . |
| 3 | There is no evidence that he attempted to start an armed rising against Mortimer and the king , and even after his submission Mortimer made no move to have him condemned for treason . |
| 4 | She remembered the distinct thud of disappointment verging on alarm she had experienced when she had stepped out of the lift to find him surrounded by luggage , obviously leaving . |
| 5 | Cato appears as arrogant in his determination to fulfil the canons , despite the offer to consecrate him made by the bishops who attended Gallus 's funeral ; his subsequent refusal of the see of Tours does nothing to enhance his reputation . |
| 6 | ‘ I have agreed with his owner to let him run at Newbury because they have had a lot of rain down south . ’ |
| 7 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 8 | After months of legal wrangling in the effort to have him extradited to Jersey to face trial on charges of murdering his parents , whose bodies have never been found , his case is due to be heard at Gibraltar 's Court of Appeal on 24 March . |
| 9 | Stroud MP Roger Knapman has taken up Martin 's case , and is pressing the Foreign Office to get him released on bail : |