Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C : See , told you I 'd stuff him in open debate . |
| 2 | Local officers did n't immediately associate him with violent crime . |
| 3 | David Speedie lost his rag with an invading fan at The Dell yesterday — but his one-man pitch clear-ing job could land him in hot water . |
| 4 | Apparently Kelly played well again … we might see him at right back vs Man City . |
| 5 | She could not provide him with small talk , or prod him to abandon his silences . |
| 6 | And the Earl of Warwick might well provide him with additional escort . |
| 7 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 8 | If necessary the Prince will keep him in close ward until he sees reason . |
| 9 | ‘ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . ’ |
| 10 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 11 | . I 'm gon na take him to outer space to find another race , I 'm gon na take him to outer space . |
| 12 | . I 'm gon na take him to outer space to find another race , I 'm gon na take him to outer space . |
| 13 | And while Clough misses out again , it is understood that Blanc has a contract that will take him to French drama club Marseille in the summer . |
| 14 | Even the madmen would n't have him in real life , I 'd put money on it . |
| 15 | I wan I do n't want him as Prime Minister . |
| 16 | Venice and Ancona , Naples and Sicily , Florence and Bruges would watch and listen and notify him in due course of their passage , as well as of other things . |
| 17 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 18 | He saw he had made Malm think him of unsound mind and he said quietly , earnestly , " There was nothing , nothing but what I 've told you . " |
| 19 | The fact that the subject believes himself to be been falsely suspected will not necessarily protect him from criminal liability if he should over-react . |
| 20 | On the other hand , there is a fair chance that he might find a magic potion which will restore him to full strength and heal his wounds . |
| 21 | Worse still , involvement might lead him into actual danger . |
| 22 | ‘ His investigative talent , which he displayed in this instance , will no doubt stand him in good stead in the future and I hope that he will have a long and distinguished career , ’ he said . |
| 23 | He may be an unlikely civil servant , but his qualities should stand him in good stead for the job of producing a national strategy for the NHS 's science . |
| 24 | Habits of good manners , honesty and consideration for others , which a child acquires by imitating the good examples set by his parents , will stand him in good stead all his life . |
| 25 | Jack too , was interested in attempting the flight , perhaps he was more confident than anyone else , his long distance flying experience would certainly stand him in good stead . |
| 26 | He himself spent hours in the chapel reserved for cadets , praying to the image of Rogal Dorn , and to the Emperor , attempting to recapture the moment when he had flown through fire , sure that this would stand him in good stead in battle . |
| 27 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 28 | The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . |
| 29 | It did n't do him a lot of good in the early er in the early days , but er it did stand him in good stead later of course because he became er er a full-time official o of the er Notts area N U M. |
| 30 | It will stand him in good stead when he comes to argue against the MacSharry proposals . |