Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] him [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 Balcha now had no alternative but to surrender to Ras Tafari who , with characteristic magnanimity , spared his life ; as to whether he ordered Balcha to enter a monastery or banished him to his estates in the Gurage country , accounts differ .
2 I 'll ground him , or send him to his room .
3 The seller then becomes a trustee for the buyer and must account to him for any dividends he receives and vote in accordance with his instructions ( or appoint him as his proxy ) .
4 All manner of villain tries to tempt him , divert him , or separate him from his small savings .
5 I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in .
6 Thereafter Helen frequently walked to meet him or to accompany him on his return home across Wandsworth Common and on January 1896 they had their first long walk to Richmond .
7 Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness .
8 He would neither plead with him to stay nor help him with his leaving .
9 For it was the Spirit who called Philip from his successful mission in Samaria to reach the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel ( 8:29 and probably 26 ) , and led him on his further preaching tour as far as the very Hellenised city of Caesarea .
10 A brave reporter thrust a microphone under his nose and asked him for his comments .
11 Eventually Ken was referred to a doctor who had an interest in dietary factors in disease , and asked him about his diet It emerged that Ken drank 20 cups of tea or coffee , both very strong , in the course of the average day .
12 I talked to him after a recent gig in Manchester ( which saw Robben playing with Roscoe Beck on bass and drummer Tom Brechtlien ) and asked him about his new album .
13 He then turned to the general strike and asked him about his role in it .
14 She went to the parson 's house after dark , and met him near his gate .
15 But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is .
16 One important Communist still eluding capture was Jose Weibel , Secretary General of the Young Communists , and the Joint Command decided to try and locate him through his brother Ricardo , a bus driver .
17 When he came round , they dragged him outside and flung him in his night-clothes , into a car and handcuffed him .
18 Then we 'll give him another feast and send him on his way . ’
19 The effort he had put into creating another character , a Daniel Miller , would have turned in upon him and transformed him into his own words .
20 ( Jones , as everyone would have expected , welcomed his vanquished opponent on board with great courtesy , and invited him to his own wrecked cabin for a glass of wine . )
21 Bob Monkhouse , best known as a comedy writer and actor for television and radio , and playing his first straight acting role in the West End , as Buddy 's elder brother , Alan , spotted Crawford 's comedy potential and invited him to his home , where they spent an evening reading the play .
22 I declined his offer of another brandy , made my excuses , and thanking him for his hospitality I left by the back door .
23 Martin glanced at Marjorie 's stricken face , seized the child 's thin wrist and jerked him to his feet .
24 Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold .
25 He felt a second shot hit him in the back and knock him off his feet .
26 Since first meeting him I learned to admire and respect him for his sincerity , humanity , integrity and his delightful sense of humour .
27 But Althusser elaborates it a little , using the example of Christianity , where religious practice is said to ‘ hail ’ the individual and provide him with his status as a subject .
28 By talking to him all night and keeping him on his feet , Luke had saved Spike 's life , only to have him try again successfully a week later when the story finally hit the press .
29 But his personality — assertive and brash yet essentially both cheerful and tough — gradually communicated itself to the public and helped him to his greatest triumph : his victory in the 1948 election .
30 ‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’
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