Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WG is alleging that Alan Carr , who remained as Alkar 's chairman , overstated Alkar 's profits by anticipating payments and inflating stock , causing WG to overpay him in subsequent acquisition instalments . |
| 2 | Mr Hutchinson , who said wallabies would be able to live in the wild in Britain on their diet of grass and fruit , appealed to anyone seeing Wally to call him on 0207521133 . |
| 3 | He beckoned Corbett to follow him along whitewashed corridors to the herb scented chamber of Brother Thomas . |
| 4 | Daniel wanted Elisabeth to accompany him on medieval instruments when he had his repertoire of early songs ready to perform . |
| 5 | He persuaded the CPP to nominate him as one of the two candidates for the Accra double-member constituency . |
| 6 | He has hired Seth Riggs to get him in fine voice for the new musical I 'll Do Anything . |
| 7 | As it happens , he would n't be arriving at the best possible moment : William Charles , 14 years his brother 's senior , was finding his own fame and fortune rather on the wane just at that time — he did n't need those supercilious letters from William Jowett in Jamaica to remind him of that . |
| 8 | Lewis pressed Adam to accompany him on those solicitous weekend visits but Adam nearly always said he was too busy or would be bored . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Danish international Henrik Larsen has pleaded with Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson to rescue him from Italian Serie B side Pisa . |
| 10 | Athelstan looked at her and prayed to God to forgive him for all he felt was disgust . |
| 11 | When he had said these things they all replied that they prayed God to preserve him through long and happy years , and four of the most honourable among them rose and kissed his hands , and the Cid bade them take their seats again . |
| 12 | Prost moved out of the team hotel for quiet , Niki stayed and fretted , with only Willi Dungl to keep him in moral and physical shape . |
| 13 | I went to see Eric to tell him about this conversation and found that he had come to the same conclusion . |
| 14 | It was amusing for Charles to see him in this state , his usual poise unbalanced by childlike curiosity . |
| 15 | Knight asked Aung San to meet him on 9 August ; he looked ‘ very thin' . |
| 16 | I rang Haines to tell him of that fact and there was nothing else I could do as I had no notion of where in the Bahamas Max might be . |
| 17 | He would like Isobel and Dorothy to see him like this . |
| 18 | That said his fitness has to be 100% for Wilko to play him at all , and he clearly is liable to get himself sent off . |
| 19 | It 's a it 's a very bold thing of Toby Baldwin to run him in this race it seems to me , you know I mean he definitely appeared to not like . |
| 20 | The death of Nevinson 's first wife , Margaret Wynne ( née Jones ) , allowed Evelyn Sharp to marry him in 1933 . |
| 21 | Joshua Morris , who was not expecting Felicity to join him until late afternoon , determined to spend the morning wandering the streets of central Brighton . |