Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [vb infin] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The handsome youngster was a flirt and a rebel-rouser at school but mostly he was a clown who craved affection — anything to help him forget the loveless days when he watched his drunkard father beat up his mother . |
| 2 | Grumpily Dai Huang chose Li Lu , to help him construct a newer , bigger kiln . |
| 3 | To help him pass a large , firm stool , make sure he 's able to push with both feet : put a small step in front of the loo if his feet do n't touch the floor . |
| 4 | George 's favourite model , his daughter Samantha , had turned model-maker for this project and fashioned a velvet beanbag to help him achieve a realistic finish and to portray the Teddy as an ‘ old bear with modern leanings . ’ |
| 5 | He then calculates estimated sales , co-ordinates with his production department so the product is made in the right volume , and enlists the help of advertising and other specialist services , such as sales promotion and public relations , to help him achieve the projected sales . |
| 6 | For the next few weeks the male passes food for his entire family through this hole until the female breaks the wall down and leaves the hole to help him collect the increasing quantity of food demanded by the growing chicks . |
| 7 | ‘ And did any ask of you , towards the end of the evening , to help him hoist a long bundle on to the wagon with the wood ? ’ asked Cadfael , directly but without much expectation , and shook to the simple answer . |
| 8 | He had a wealth of stories she had loved to listen to , and in return had agreed to help him begin a proper catalogue of his collection . |
| 9 | He 'd have been better off getting them to help him compose a Dear Marje letter . |
| 10 | He unlocked a padlock into a smallish barn — the key was in the padlock waiting — and got her to help him push the wooden doors back . |
| 11 | One presumes this was to help him keep the short ball down when it was bowled at the line of middle to leg stump . |
| 12 | It seems that during a period of good relations between the Spaniards and the native Indians , the cacique of one local tribe had become blood-brother to Balboa , and had actually persuaded the Spaniard to help him prosecute a local war . |
| 13 | He sat up alongside her , but she refused to look at him , refused to let him witness the wet film over her eyes . |
| 14 | ‘ Looks like it , ’ Sarella returned , trying not to let him get the better of her this time . |
| 15 | Spencer managed to persuade Tony Bianchi to let him have an hour-and-a-half in a Harvard , by way of working up to his most impressive taildragger to date … |
| 16 | I took that part to mean about trust between him and the board , ie he trusted them to let him have the final say etc etc . |
| 17 | And I must be on top to let him take the full force of the impact . |
| 18 | Noel Whelan had a very impressive first half ; I 'd be happy to see him start the next few matches . |
| 19 | It was also nice to see him give the young girl who had drawn his winning number a £20.00 note as a way of saying thank you . |
| 20 | David Strang , whose South African-based Glaswegian parents were in Toronto to see him become the first Briton to win a world indoors 1,500m medal , also has a connection with the Boyle squad . |
| 21 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 22 | All the activity around his earth , and the fact that there were a mere three hounds , had combined to make him think the open country might be safer today ; now they 'd given him proof that it was n't . |
| 23 | Although Harry tried to be tender and attentive at first , Ann sensed from the start that he did n't really love her , and that she would never be able to make him forget the great hurt he had suffered by losing Martha . |
| 24 | She lifted her head defiantly , wanting to spare him nothing and to make him feel an absolute heel . |