Example sentences of "[to-vb] [to-vb] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Promises quite often concern the actions of others : to consent to be governed by another is to promise to obey him ; to consent to his joining the expedition is to promise to provide him with the facilities and the help made available to members of the expedition . |
| 2 | I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner . |
| 3 | Orders were sent to no fewer than four squadrons to try to engage him in the Irish Sea or , as a last resort , to intercept him off Brest on his way home ; but in the event none of them was needed for he was caught , almost by chance , near Kinsale on the southern coast of Ireland at daybreak on 29 February 1760 , by three frigates which had taken refuge there during the recent storm . |
| 4 | ‘ Strangely enough , ’ Ockleton had said , Harry having to strain to hear him amidst the noise and smoke as closing time drew near , ‘ Rex was the one who seemed to interest Heather the most . |
| 5 | I decided that as I had worked for Harold Wilson and enjoyed his total confidence for several years , there was some duty to try to deter him from the worst mistakes . |
| 6 | Did she know her husband well enough to come to rescue him from the consequences of his own indiscretions ? |
| 7 | Suzy , 25 , talked to her new client by phone and arranged to meet to show him around the luxurious £130,000 property in Fulham , west London . |
| 8 | Anwar would find him something else to do to get him in the grocery mood . |
| 9 | I had hoped to intervene to ask him about the extent of the Bill , but he sat down very rapidly at the end of his speech . |
| 10 | And he must be mad to want to shunt him into the sidings before throwing him an England shirt again . |