Example sentences of "and [vb infin] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 2 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
| 3 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 4 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 5 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 6 | Some other employee has to go and fetch him in the morning |
| 7 | There was an edge to Jake 's voice now , an edge of hostility , that caused her to turn round and look him in the face . |
| 8 | He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview . |
| 9 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
| 10 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 11 | I decided after all it would be better to go and see him in the shop like you said — ’ |
| 12 | You could go back and confront him with the photo now . |
| 13 | Given the brief span of their acquaintance , the even briefer time they had actually spent together , how could he have been so presumptuous as to imagine that she would wish to fly out and join him at the Plaza ? |
| 14 | Somehow , in his absence the fun went out of it and I decided to slope off and join him on the flat . |
| 15 | Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity . |
| 16 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 17 | I was n't sure , I said , but soon , very soon ; I 'd phone and tell him within the next couple of days . |
| 18 | ‘ If there was a war , ’ said Camille , ‘ a real one , I mean with Germany — Brian could wear a uniform and Mum could go and kiss him on the station platform and cry a bit . ’ |
| 19 | I understand that he wrote to all members of the Cabinet asking them to turn up and support him in the votes after previous debates on this project . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's not true ! ’ she exclaimed , wanting to step forward and grab him by the arm . |
| 21 | I could tell him when his crown 's starting to fall off and remind him of the royal plural — and , well , lots of things ! |
| 22 | No doubt they would return and place him with the other Commando dead in neat rows in front of the Chateau to await burial . |
| 23 | Peter Nieswand used to go and interview him for the BBC , sitting as I did beside his swimming pool , looking across the lawn on to six miles of fine farm-land . |