Example sentences of "[to-vb] he [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He needs someone to help him with that estate . ’
2 John Smith only functions as a goalkeeper when there are others who continue to endow him with that function .
3 You pay a forfeit to put him in that race .
4 Gary became aware of YWAM as an organisation and that God might be able to use him in that organisation .
5 Now , more than anything , she wanted to point him towards that hole and push .
6 But it certainly suited the dominant landed gentry to interpret him in that way .
7 At least , I am sure he has enough to recommend him , should — should any female be inclined to consider him in that light . ’
8 If the person indicates that he has nothing more to say the officer shall without delay cease to question him about that offence . …
9 She had done her best to snub him on that occasion .
10 I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could .
11 Such examples lead on to Nagel 's definition of moral luck : ‘ Where a significant aspect of what someone does depends upon factors beyond his control , yet we continue to treat him in that respect as an object of moral judgment , it can be called moral luck .
12 Certainly , the Opposition will be only too pleased to support him in that respect .
13 Bonanza Boy finished a remote eighth in the race and is 10lb worse off with Little Polveir but it is unwise to judge him on that performance which came at the end of a long season after some punishing contests .
14 There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ?
15 They can not imagine him as a Prime Minister , and they can not imagine that the British public can be persuaded to elect him to that post .
16 For a long time it suited the others to have him in that job .
17 I rang Haines to tell him of that fact and there was nothing else I could do as I had no notion of where in the Bahamas Max might be .
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