Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you disapprove of us , my angel ? ’ she asked , exalted by wine and overbearing , and took him down to the kitchen to give him some of the leftover chicken . |
| 2 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 3 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 4 | Havel asked the legislature to grant him broader powers to defuse the constitutional crisis . |
| 5 | You may even feel a strong urge to dig the pet up because the need to hold him one more time can be quite overwhelming . |
| 6 | O , the Fox went out on a chilly night and he prayed to the moon to give him light … |
| 7 | The topic — cultural materialist Raymond Williams — remains the same , and Kevin hopes that completing the MA will encourage the Academy to fund him later . |
| 8 | Every afternoon , after leaving the bank , I went to the hospital to teach him Italian . |
| 9 | She had taken him out into the garden to show him various easy spring tasks that must be done , and for which she would pay him , and he had refused . |
| 10 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I have been trying to get him out of the pram to get him ready for nursery but not now . |
| 12 | They 'd fed him and had the decency to give him fresh clothes , the shirt , blue jeans and a broad leather belt with embossed brass buckle to hold them up — camping-shop gear but adequate against the chill of November . |
| 13 | No wonder he had never allowed the spotlight to catch him full face . |
| 14 | Somewhat reluctantly he lifted the phone , and asked the operator to get him Assistant Commissioner Seddon at New Scotland Yard . |
| 15 | Two of the Kamalians only needed a couple of metres of the wire to render him helpless and under continual self-torture . |