Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dived into her bag and held out the necessary money , and at least it stopped him in his tracks , although it left him looking down at her with less than pleasure . |
| 2 | In law , however , it has no force , and a doctor must ignore it if it requests him to do that which is otherwise unlawful or is contrary to the duty he owes to any patient . |
| 3 | Education was necessary in cultivating this belief , for though it could not abolish the monotony of labour , ‘ it can add value , meaning and even pride to the vocation of the worker if it helps him to understand his relations with his fellows , the importance of his contribution to the national task ’ . |
| 4 | But if it helps him to start leading from the front again , a trip back in time will be well worthwhile . |
| 5 | Better still , one can infer from the passage that MacDonald 's main purpose was to stay in power , and thus he would welcome a National Government if it enabled him to do so . |
| 6 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 7 | She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages . |
| 8 | as if it invited him to touch her . |
| 9 | The sum changed hands , but underneath the table because it embarrassed him to receive money in public . |
| 10 | The writ is called a subpoena , because it requires him to appear upon pain of forfeiting a sum of money . |
| 11 | And it was the right subject — he got there in the end — because it enabled him to use everything that was most important in his own experience . |
| 12 | Physics realised 67 per cent ; History a promising 77 per cent ; and Mathematics was strongest of all , with an average of 77 per cent over three subjects : algebra I and II at 72 per cent and 80 per cent , geometry at 86 per cent and trigonometry at 70 per cent ; ( he admitted to us that he had opted for the latter at school , because it enabled him to evade Latin ! ) . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the window of his college bedroom was cherished in his memory because it enabled him to see the Antechapel of Trinity College , |
| 14 | Picturesque asymmetry appealed to him because it enabled him to allow the logical sequence of the rooms and considerations of service and privacy to determine the entire plan from of the house without any unnecessary duplication of accommodation . |
| 15 | It 's absolutely horrible but Malcolm would insist on taking you there because it made him feel part of some secret society . |
| 16 | He would have liked her home more , because it made him feel in control . |
| 17 | She had looked just the way the boy did , and Jean-Paul liked it because it made him feel … |
| 18 | And yet , says Renate Olins surprising positives may emerge : one initially devastated client in counselling began to reflect that her husband had started to play around because it made him feel a bigger man . |
| 19 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 20 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 21 | He does n't like seeing me because it makes him remember my mother . |
| 22 | He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that . |
| 23 | Well , to her he would always remain Mr Vass , whether it made him cross or not ! |
| 24 | He argued so acutely and convincingly that each party hoped for victory when it heard him arguing on its behalf and there was no advocate who appeared before him who did not greatly fear his cross-examination and interventions . |
| 25 | It has to be said that he also invoked this oath against his barons when it suited him to do so , as in 1301 : it served against the laity no less than against the clergy . |
| 26 | But Lachlan still refused , though it hurt him to miss a fight . |
| 27 | The words were low and clipped , as though it hurt him to speak . |
| 28 | He still had the window open , though it made him shiver . |
| 29 | He stayed for as long as it took him to finish his beer . |
| 30 | He wished he had n't spotted it as it made him think of this morning and going round the house in Hill View Road , and the idea his Mum and Dad had about moving . |