Example sentences of "[vb base] him [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want him to have the best possible educational start , and they see children elsewhere , like Emma , getting a whole year 's schooling more than Sam . |
| 2 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 3 | Secondly , I urge him to make the best possible speed in this matter because for many of us it represents the most dreadful stain on our criminal justice system . |
| 4 | Few of his ministers are saying , even in private , that they expect him to lose the next election . |
| 5 | Send a man into the field only half-armed with the facts and expect him to do a professional job . |
| 6 | We do n't believe he was infectious before May 21 and we expect him to make a complete recovery . |
| 7 | Philip Giles fell more than thirty feet onto a hillside while on holdiay in California but doctors expect him to make a full recovery . |
| 8 | Other considerations of a public character may be present in the mind of the Secretary of State which persuade him to take a different view from the judges . |
| 9 | Louise tried to soothe him and persuade him to drink the antiseptic draught which McNab had given her . |
| 10 | Challenge him to check the full-blown consequences of his ideas to see where they lead . |
| 11 | venerable old Jew whose noble nature and gratitude to Fledgeby for releasing him from debts owed to Fledgeby 's father cause him to serve the young man devotedly as agent for Pubsey & Co . |
| 12 | Let him make the first move . |
| 13 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 14 | It would n't have occurred to you to leave Adam in peace and let him have a well-deserved weekend off , would it ? |
| 15 | He said : ‘ Clay County wrenched the muscles in his quarters when dropping his hind legs in the water jump at Nottingham , so we decided to give the Cheltenham Festival a miss and let him have a long break . |
| 16 | Let him have the final word . |
| 17 | Let him take a favourable tale back to his abbot when he leaves us tomorrow . |
| 18 | I 'll ring Bourne and get him to organise a small team . |
| 19 | I tell him to ask the Prime Minister . |
| 20 | I remember him scoring a few stunning goals ( eg the one that evetually put Wimbledon out of the FA cup when they were still a non league team — that was a volley was n't it ? ) but was he a particuarly good volleyer ? |
| 21 | On the one hand , two fans from a papermill implore him to become a dissident figurehead : on the other hand , two state policmen want him to sign a document denying authorship of the original article . |
| 22 | It 's not , you understand , that I fear him discovering a private purchase of a packet of fags and a bottle of Veuve du Vernay . |
| 23 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 24 | " Trust him to land a good catch on his first day out , " he muttered to himself , and watched as the boat struck her sails and picked up her mooring , which was marked by a pig 's bladder float with a feather on it , a stone 's throw offshore in the stretch of water known as Polruan 's Pool . |
| 25 | A landlord may pay a reverse premium to a tenant to ( a ) induce him to accept an onerous lease , or ( b ) to do work on the building . |
| 26 | And ask him to bring the old map with him , please . ’ |
| 27 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 28 | If the hon. Gentleman genuinely thinks that services that are contracted out are of lower quality than those done in house , I invite him to make the short journey between the London boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth . |
| 29 | And force him to ask the same questions of his life , and to reply : This is all there is and it is enough . |
| 30 | When mid-table apathy sets in , I force him to undertake a rigorous training session which I , naturally , oversee . |