Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have seemed strange to those who had known Nigel in his early days as a conscientious objector to find him cheering the prime minister through the Falklands War . |
| 2 | We have become so used to thinking of Günter Wand as a conductor who specialises exclusively in the late 18th and 19th Century symphonic repertoire that it comes as something of a shock to find him performing a wide variety of works of more contemporary lineage . |
| 3 | Bratby was intrigued by Minton and soon after he got to know him painted a huge picture on paper , entitled ‘ Homage to John Minton ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was hard to imagine him having a casual chat with anyone , let alone a more intimate relationship . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Grumpily Dai Huang chose Li Lu , to help him construct a newer , bigger kiln . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | Cocteau would have been delighted to introduce Modigliani to his world of the new couturiers and of Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes , to help him to become a fashionable and popular portrait painter . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He 'd have been better off getting them to help him compose a Dear Marje letter . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | One presumes this was to help him keep the short ball down when it was bowled at the line of middle to leg stump . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it . |
| 20 | We began by talking politics , which he enjoyed doing with someone not out to convert him to socialism — then , as now , the established faith of most intellectuals — and , referring to A. L. Rowse 's fervent attempts , the first of many , to persuade him to join the Labour Party , he flung wide his arms and said : ‘ I refuse to be tied down to allegiances of this kind . ’ |
| 21 | It was Guy fitzAlan 's task to deliver Stephen 's invitation to de Tracy and to persuade him to accept the inevitable — if such persuasion was necessary . |
| 22 | Generally , however , they must have been concerned to persuade him to become an amenable ruler . |
| 23 | Try to persuade him to make a real effort to give up smoking — he may put on a bit of weight but he can tackle that later — and to eat frequent snacks throughout the day instead of two or three heavy meals . |
| 24 | He sat up alongside her , but she refused to look at him , refused to let him witness the wet film over her eyes . |
| 25 | ‘ Looks like it , ’ Sarella returned , trying not to let him get the better of her this time . |
| 26 | 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 … |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And I must be on top to let him take the full force of the impact . |
| 29 | Hill , chasing his third successive Formula One victory , finished with a best time 1:21.491 , to leave him sharing the front row of the grid with Prost , whose pole was the 32nd of his career . |
| 30 | ‘ He is one of the best players I have ever worked with and it 's hard to recall him having a bad game . |