Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] him [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Reserve your answer for the cameras , or you may inadvertently give him more fuel for his theme .
2 Even when He appears evil , commanding actions universally regarded as bad such as killing a son , we should nevertheless call Him good .
3 Richard wondered why living on a largish boat should automatically make him interested in small ones .
4 I might just give him another run — if only to keep the stable going ’ .
5 It 'll probably unwind him better than anything else . ’
6 An omission which might have and may still cost him serious casualties to personnel north of the Qattara depression .
7 Yes but I 'm not sure , I think I 'd rather phone him first if
8 On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew .
9 In field after field the government was forced to change course , earning a reputation for dishonesty and lack of principle that , when allied to Lloyd George 's prior reputation , could only do him great damage .
10 But she could scarcely tell him that .
11 I could just ask him casual like — you know , like I 'm going to meet a friend there or summat , but I ca n't remember the address .
12 But she could hardly tell him that !
13 She could hardly believe him capable of such kindness .
14 You 'd still see him three times a week . "
15 She 'd probably join him later .
16 Oh , he was handsome all right , she 'd even grant him sexy for those who liked their men tall , solid and apparently carved from granite .
17 Occasionally , Roirbak might walk through the door needing liquor , caffeine or nicotine immediately ; business meetings could sometimes make him tense .
18 She could almost hear him sub-vocalizing the dreadful phrase — how vulgar it was ‘ three degrees over ’ .
19 I could unquestionably get him several different shades of hairs from this house .
20 It would eventually bring him untold riches .
21 Resistance would only make him worse ; would only heighten whatever sort of perverted pleasure he derived from hurting someone so much weaker than himself .
22 He told him how much of his pay he had saved up for today , how he would personally kick him all the way back to Newmarket if he did n't win , how he was a big beautiful bastard that could n't fucking lose , could he ?
23 I would just tell him this that er there is a problem here which my Right Honourable Friend is addressing and depending on the outcome of those consultations and discussions , will obviously depend the action which we will have to take .
24 Sometimes he had to admit , he wished they would just leave him alone and let him live out this petty , pointless .
25 ‘ I think it would just make him angry .
26 The Russian felt inadequate , but was persuaded that not doing the leg would just put him further behind as the crew developed experience .
27 ‘ Isambard would hardly make him privy to what he 's done , if this is indeed his work , as I swear I believe with all my soul it is , ’ said Owen .
28 Swimming was one thing , going for a drink was something else entirely , and would probably give him all sorts of ideas .
29 I would think Frank Clarke would probably give him another minute or so to see if he can run it off .
30 From this point on , Flaubert must have known that any full length novel would probably take him five to seven years ; and therefore that most of his back-burner projects would inevitably boil themselves dry in the pot .
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