Example sentences of "[to-vb] he [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Only with incredible luck , against all the odds , could he reasonably hope to make a safe exit from Russian soil and reach safe ground from which the Americans might be able to extricate him in one piece . |
| 32 | But perhaps because she was thus secretly rejecting him and yet knew at the same time that he was in love with her , a sense of justice prompted her to help him in amorous efforts , to support him , to rid him of childish embarrassment . |
| 33 | She wanted to shriek , to curse him into all eternity — but he had already turned his back and was strolling towards the sitting-room . |
| 34 | ‘ To howl down a man just because he happens to be out of form one day is often sufficient to discourage him for all time , ’ he told the Yorkshire Evening Post . |
| 35 | John Smith only functions as a goalkeeper when there are others who continue to endow him with that function . |
| 36 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 37 | He added : ‘ There is nothing to suggest he in any way misused the weapons . |
| 38 | The maxims would serve only to guide him towards fuller awareness of the present situation . |
| 39 | This was an attitude which , long afterwards , was to put him in second place to Phan Boi Chau in the opinion of the Communist Party which , although stressing the patriotism of both men , especially Phan Boi Chau , declared that Phan Chu Trinh had mistaken the principal enemy . |
| 40 | You pay a forfeit to put him in that race . |
| 41 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 42 | And the new line of Mr Ryabov and his allies might be a cleverer tactic than the one used by Mr Khasbulatov : instead of opposing the president , Mr Ryabov might be trying to draw him into protracted haggling in order to dissipate the momentum the president won in the referendum . |
| 43 | He was surprised that the doctor should seek to draw him into such boldness with one who was of the other sex , and the daughter of a friend . |
| 44 | Gary became aware of YWAM as an organisation and that God might be able to use him in that organisation . |
| 45 | The lovely Polish mezzo Stefania Toczyska , who had three arias of her own , as well as joining Carreras in duets from Cavalleria Rusticana , Il Trovatore and Carmen , was also permitted a single encore before she quietly disappeared to leave him in sole charge . |
| 46 | Now , more than anything , she wanted to point him towards that hole and push . |
| 47 | Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction . |
| 48 | But it certainly suited the dominant landed gentry to interpret him in that way . |
| 49 | On the contrary , he allowed his clergy to criticize him with astonishing freedom , as Alcuin criticized his forcible conversion of the Saxons . |
| 50 | It 's a it 's a very bold thing of Toby Baldwin to run him in this race it seems to me , you know I mean he definitely appeared to not like . |
| 51 | And versatile international Joe Lydon has signed a new 12-month contract to keep him at Central Park . |
| 52 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 53 | Donaldson read the form through and signed it ; only his silence was needed to keep him from all liability . |
| 54 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 55 | Was it right at the end of a distinguished public servant 's long career to reduce him to such misery ? |
| 56 | Towards the trespasser the occupier has no duty to take reasonable care for his protection or even to protect him from concealed danger . |
| 57 | The look she flicked him reminded him that this was one area where she would not appeal for his help ; she had been more than careful to protect him from any involvement with a drug-taking brother . |
| 58 | At least , I am sure he has enough to recommend him , should — should any female be inclined to consider him in that light . ’ |
| 59 | She did n't want to think about Timothy Gedge , to dwell on him or to consider him in any way whatsoever . |
| 60 | If he is unable to breathe spontaneously it would be cruel to subject him to positive pressure ventilation to prolong his life artificially . |