Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [to-vb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notes in Winston Churchill 's files suggested that Britain 's options were either to send a " correct " reply to the South , commiserating with him in declining to advise him , or to encourage him along the American line , or to urge him to undertake an all-out campaign against Mossadeq . |
| 2 | Generally , however , they must have been concerned to persuade him to become an amenable ruler . |
| 3 | When a figure such as Duck , amenable , respectful and flattering in his gratitude came to be transplanted from his native Wiltshire to mingle with the best society of the land , his mentors no longer questioned his right to such an elevation , but were immediately at pains to educate him to become an inconspicuous unit in his new social caste . |
| 4 | And Durham force head Frank Taylor pledged that if he was successful in persuading the Home Office to allow him to recruit an extra 20 officers then all of them would be directly employed on the streets in the sub-divisions . |
| 5 | Durham Chief Constable Frank Taylor pledged that if he was successful in persuading the Home Office to allow him to recruit an extra 20 officers then all of them would be directly employed on the streets in the sub-divisions . |
| 6 | Complaints from some neighbours have forced his landlord and the local council to ask him to find an alternative site . |