Example sentences of "he [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The lepers made him think about the two who lurked in the cemetery of St Erconwald . |
2 | In this regard it is interesting to hear him comment in The Favourite Game that ‘ deprivation is the mother of poetry . ’ |
3 | The society claims that there are ‘ cosmic masters ’ in the universe and that they have come ‘ to give priceless teachings to man to help him prepare for the New World and to bring a great millennium of peace ’ . |
4 | He was , he was , th they they took him , they chained him up , and they let him loose in the local cemetery , and left him there . |
5 | The examples that Shklovsky 's enthusiasm for the idea makes him choose in the early essays are extremely heterogeneous , and this heterogeneity makes him come close to spoiling the unique value of his case . |
6 | Now I see him scramble for the fallen gun . |
7 | Some of his feats make him sound like the Bionic Man . |
8 | Instead she made him stop in the next street ; she did n't want Uncle Vernon storming up the basement steps and putting his oar in . |
9 | This particular trucker 's agent had gone out of business late on New Year 's Eve , one of a number of last-minute bankruptcies and mergers and a new agent would somehow have to be found to stamp his papers if Customs were to let him depart on the 20.15 sailing . |
10 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
11 | Perhaps it was these journeys that made him realise to the full how many of the world 's species were on the brink of extinction . |
12 | She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body . |
13 | From any of these positions I would be crazy to make him play with the left knee inflamed the way it is . ’ |
14 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
15 | The Irish selectors were keen to see him play in the inter-pro series in his bid for a place in the Irish side . |
16 | Bondholder Erica Bachman told the court : ‘ Let him live in the same misery he brought upon his victims . ’ |
17 | Then he says ‘ But he who tells of wars and heaven , under the sway of grown up Jupiter , of pious heroes and semi-divine leaders , who at one moment things of the holy assemblies of the gods on high and then of those deep kingdoms where a fierce dog barks , let him live in the frugal manner of Pythagoras and let herbs provide his harmless diet ’ . |
18 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
19 | She took him into the living-room and made him sit in the black leather armchair . |
20 | Serafin knows now why Summerchild was so reluctant to let him see this place and so anxious to make him settle for the dingy remoteness of Northumberland Avenue . |
21 | I loved to hear him talk about the old days . ’ |
22 | It made him long for the open fields of the island , again . |
23 | he wo n't fly singles over water , at night , or over dubious terrain , though I have seen him fly over the odd potato field ! |
24 | one man who 's already in the money … thankfully … is Olympic rower Steve Redgrave from Buckinghamshire … he 's got a forty thousand pounds sponsorship deal with the Port of London to help him train for the next Olympics … solid gold … |
25 | As for Forrester , Whelan , Bowman etc I got the impression that it was more desparation that made him turn to the younger players , granted their performances were top notch but I think the injury situation had more to do with it than Wilko 's judgement , after all where are they now ? ? ? |
26 | What did he think of the squashed chicken leaflet ? |
27 | Will he convey to the Prime Minister what I know to be the view of the three party leaders who represent Northern Ireland in the House — that we are endeavouring diligently to meet the wishes that he expressed at the Downing street meeting on 11 February ? |
28 | How could he explain to the old woman sitting opposite him that he wore a five thousand pound watch ? |
29 | How much did he earn in the fourth week ? |
30 | Does he know about the poor little kiddy ? ’ |