Example sentences of "[noun sg] or [vb base] him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There is no way in which he can free himself from my control , not unless I lose my nerve or allow him to be abducted by some plagiarist , and not unless I allow any of my own present personal dilemmas connected with my own personal escape to lodge unbeknown to me in the words which make up this fictional character .
2 He can fine a player up to 75 per cent of his match fee or suspend him for up to three Test matches .
3 There was never any need for her to take the initiative or inveigle him into bed .
4 A volunteer normally offers to spend two or three hours per week as a companion to a former patient and may go out with the person or help him with specific tasks .
5 He wondered what Berowne was expecting him to do ; find a potential blackmailer or investigate him for double murder ?
6 Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train .
7 ( 5 ) A justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection ( 4 ) above may … if of the opinion that that person — ( a ) is not likely to surrender to custody , or ( b ) has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , remand him in custody or commit him to custody , as the case may require , or alternatively , grant him bail subject to the same or to different conditions , but if not of that opinion shall grant him bail subject to the same conditions ( if any ) as were originally imposed .
8 While the child is in care no-one may cause him to be known by a new surname or remove him from the United Kingdom without either the written consent of every person who has parental responsibility or the leave of the court ( s33(7) ) .
9 In the corner of another carriage there sits , his face screened by a magazine , some lonely soul who has no one to bid him adieu at this end of his journey or welcome him at the other .
10 You can telephone Dr Sharpe on 61–3– or contact him by facsimile on 61–3– .
11 She knew him to be Alexander Rokovssky , the dark tool of autocratic monarchs and a fanatical servant of Tsarism , a man who could slit another 's throat or shoot him at point-blank range without any change of expression .
12 She would n't help him ; he was weak and unsteady , but she would n't take his arm or guide him to the bed .
13 No they could keep in power or remove him in turn as the say fit .
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