Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Mansell who run , won yesterday 's Portugese Grand Prix is believed to be considering several offers to tempt him out of that so-called retirement . |
| 2 | Our attempts to talk him out of this merely provoked his scorn . |
| 3 | The worrying thing for other World Cup teams next summer is that , if and when Maradona recovers his best form — and he will most likely do so in June — then the rest of the Argentina side looks ready to set him up for another stupendous tournament . |
| 4 | And , apparently , they 're going to set him up in some kind of arranged marriage . ’ |
| 5 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 6 | He still used to entertain the others with stories of his days as a master criminal and boast that he had n't lost any of his skills , but it was difficult to imagine him back at that game . |
| 7 | He had laid by his sword , but he had a dagger still upon him , and managed to draw it and slash through the folds that smothered him ; and Norbury and Erpyngham and half a dozen others of his own people came plunging and splashing through the storm to help him out of these ominous grave-clothes . |
| 8 | Say me a word , one enlightening word , to let him out of this cage . |
| 9 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 10 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 11 | I saw the way you had to fight him off in that first dance — the bastard 's hands were everywhere ! ’ |
| 12 | It 's not fair to keep him in like that . |
| 13 | He was hauled back to New York and given that column to keep him out of any more mischief . ’ |
| 14 | Ashton had tried to see him out after that , and even wanted to shake hands with him , but Steven had spat at his feet and made a rude sign at him . |
| 15 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 16 | It had taken so long … it had taken two young ensigns , a native pensioner and a Eurasian clerk to lift him up to this platform , and now he would have to get himself down again ! |
| 17 | the guy in the car park when he forgot to ring him back about some important business . |
| 18 | And even if the Prince of Gwynedd should send an army to set him free , how were they to get him out of that impregnable hold ? |
| 19 | He was beginning to wish he 'd built another K9 to get him out of these spots . |
| 20 | ‘ We are trying our best to get him out before that … as quickly as possible , and we will see him soon with any luck . ’ |
| 21 | Quinn said : ‘ Bobby Gould was prepared to take a gamble on me at Coventry , so I will be trying to pay him back for that by scoring even more goals . |
| 22 | I was never able to take him up on this kindness , alas , since he and half the drugs squad were themselves arrested a few days later . |
| 23 | So much good did it do them to take him up to that heathen place in Naas . |
| 24 | I know that whether it was trying to dig him up for some doubles at Kyalami or just dropping in on him aboard the Queen Mary , I always called up first to make sure he was not otherwise engaged , and I can recall many times when James appeared at the track looking benign but far from fresh . |