Example sentences of "[vb base] him [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this extract Roddy 's parents want him to take up a useful hobby : |
| 2 | Often Hickey is besieged by fans who want him to turn up the vocals and they make their point forcibly . |
| 3 | ‘ We feel we should fight Mr Butters and let him take on a white elephant while we play elsewhere for a year and maybe we can return to Belle Vue . ’ |
| 4 | And get him to take out a party . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll phone my father-in-common-law and get him to look up the address the er postcode in his |
| 6 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 7 | However , before she herself was dismissed so that Dorothy could rest , her sister extracted a promise from her that she would set about finding out the boy 's address and , moreover , that Cynthia would contact her own solicitor and have him draw up a new will making Dorothy 's son her sole beneficiary . |