Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all . |
| 2 | In a letter to his mother he explained that ‘ seeing God had so often heard his most humble petitions , and had delivered him out of many most eminent dangers of soul and body , and had brought his family out of most desperate calamities , he should now seek to serve Him in such a calling ’ . |
| 3 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 4 | He was surprised that the doctor should seek to draw him into such boldness with one who was of the other sex , and the daughter of a friend . |
| 5 | You may need to watch him at first , so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately . |
| 6 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 7 | We would also like to thank him for all the hard work he put into Lee Green . |
| 8 | I did n't like to see him like this so when the second man had gone I turned to Dad . |
| 9 | The southern entrance to the Bay was protected by a fearsome group of rocks , Les Cardinals , to port and a treacherous shoal , Le Four , to starboard and , with the weather worsening , Admiral Conflans was confident Hawke would not dare to pursue him through this hazardous gap without the benefit of local pilots , but he had underrated both his adversary 's daring and his seamanship . |
| 10 | A lot of people would like to join him in those sentiments … |
| 11 | I do not wish to exclude him from such private and individual arenas , for to do so would be to fly in the face of Christian tradition from the fathers to C. S. Lewis and Cardinal Suenens ( 1982 ) in our own time . |
| 12 | You may have to help him at first , but as he progresses , he can tackle more complicated puzzles . |
| 13 | ‘ He was upset that the boy would try to tap him for that dreadful suit . |
| 14 | I 'm sure we can get an accountant to come and speak to us , but we might have to pay him for two hours work , you see . |
| 15 | They would then perhaps try to get him to another pub near the market — the jolly Farmer or the Golden Ball ( George Mutter of the jolly Farmer used to lodge three or four Irishmen regularly ) . |
| 16 | Or , like he , if the little girl 's riding him , he always goes with her then as well , but even if the girl 's not on him , he takes him for a walk like a big dog so I mean , they 're lovely people , you could n't wish to have him with nicer people , erm , you know they are , they really are nice |
| 17 | Oh I 'll have to tell him about that . |
| 18 | Naturally I would n't want to get him in any trouble . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |