Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank Howard , defending , said Millman had been drinking to celebrate his birthday and expected his girlfriend to drive him home at the end of the night . |
| 2 | ‘ The Bank may — ( a ) by notice in writing served on an authorised institution require it to produce , within such time and at such place as may be specified in the notice , such document or documents of such description as may be so specified ; ( b ) authorise an officer , servant or agent of the Bank , on producing evidence of his authority , to require any such institution to provide him forthwith with such information , or to produce to him forthwith such documents , as he may specify , being such information or documents as the Bank may reasonably require for the performance of its functions under this Act . |
| 3 | He kept no symbols of his religion to give him away to his comrades . |
| 4 | The men following up therefore had only to pinion the defender and use their momentum to force him backwards to be given yet another kick instead of a scrum . |
| 5 | " I thought you 'd like to have this basket to take him home in . " |
| 6 | At a PEN Canada benefit event in Toronto last month , Salman Rushdie was cordially embraced by the Ontario Premier Bob Rae , the first government leader to meet him publicly since the Iranian fatwa . |
| 7 | Now it was drawing to its end she gathered the courage to look him straight in the face . |
| 8 | The elder of the two leaned down from the saddle to clap him amiably on the shoulder , and said a word or two in his ear , before they trotted away along the Foregate towards the Horse Fair . |
| 9 | As to that college novice , Williams , I have ordered my attorney to throw him instantly into gaol on an action of debt for money he has borrowed from me . |
| 10 | Junior wants granddaddy to carry him right to the car . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’ |
| 12 | Harris still needed character , hard work and some spectacular court coverage to get him home by 1-9 , 6-9 , 9-4 , 9-2 , 9-3 against the local hero who got good support from the crowd to the bitter end . |
| 13 | ‘ It was a torment to see him again after that . ’ |
| 14 | She was shouting now , scorching with pain , pushing at his hard chest in a futile effort to move him away from the door . |
| 15 | Miffed , Grunte hailed a cab and instructed the driver to take him gently to Roedean . |
| 16 | She got help from the special unit , took out a court order to keep him away from her . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's been my guardian spirit for years and it 's interesting to be forced to suppress all my own creativity in order to copy him slavishly to the last detail . |
| 18 | Millwall did not sign Goddard in time to put him straight into their side . |
| 19 | The second Lady Deverill , having pulled her horse off Hullabaloo at the last minute , leaving herself just enough time to put him right at the ditch and hedge , did n't even bother to stop and admire her handiwork before riding on up the hill to rejoin the hunt and tell her husband that there seemed to have been a rather fearful accident . |
| 20 | There was n't any time to repulse him either with words or actions as his seeking mouth found her tender lips . |
| 21 | But , says Alfred , it would take more than Hollywood stardom to lure him away from the Sussex cottage he shares with Jill and 12-year-old Rachel , his daughter from a previous relationship . |
| 22 | All the local folk were out in the street to welcome him home in his uniform and red beret of the Parachute Regiment . |