Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of days after starting this diet , Jamie 's crying was noticeably less and it became easier to get him to sleep each evening . |
| 2 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
| 3 | He admits to being a little bit partial to the cakes he makes , but as Cyril says , it has n't done him much harm , has it ? |
| 4 | But it has n't given him much of a clue about setting up a restaurant . |
| 5 | It has n't stopped him making guest appearances and recordings with western orchestras , and he is no longer in a position where he 's asked only to conduct Russian music — ‘ Berlioz and Beethoven with British orchestras were far more interesting propositions for me than , for example , Tchaikovsky , because you remember too much the way Russian orchestras play Tchaikovsky with the huge sound and the heaviness and the passion ’ . |
| 6 | It has also allowed him to boost outputs with the Mengele forager , an important benefit for a contractor needing to cover as many acres in a year as possible . |
| 7 | If that decision has now put him in the casualty ward , it has equally kept him from the sanatorium . |
| 8 | A hugely impressive return of eight goals from just 11 games is a true reflection of his amazing turnaround and it has already made him one of the buys of the season , even at that sizeable price tag . |
| 9 | It has never given him any trouble , but we 've always kept an eye on it . |
| 10 | I 'm just trying to keep his feet on the ground and try to make up the yardage , but Lee hits out of the bunker and thinks it has all left him . |
| 11 | It keeps on letting him down . |
| 12 | It pulled out to meet him , and he climbed in . |
| 13 | It do n't satisfy him . |
| 14 | Well it do n't take him long does it ? |
| 15 | It did not make him feel any cleaner . |
| 16 | But it did not make him more in charity with Chips Salter . |
| 17 | Fabia gathered that he approved of her walking shoes , but , even so , it did not stop him from warning , somewhat severely , I 'm not turning back in five minutes . ’ |
| 18 | He always understood that the papal decree imposed on himself an absolute personal obligation of obedience , but it did not give him a general responsibility for promoting the principle , or for enforcing the obedience of others . |
| 19 | But it did not move him to pity her . |
| 20 | The fly transferred itself from Marian 's hand to Allen 's forehead but it did not disturb him and he slept . |
| 21 | That this tolerant attitude should have resulted in his being called an Anekāntavādin , or a believer in many doctrines , is not surprising , but it did not disturb him in the least . |
| 22 | It did not disturb him that he had been under observation ; he was not accustomed to deprecate what he was , or to undervalue it . |
| 23 | On his return to Trinidad in 1948 , Eric Williams almost immediately got involved in public appearances at which he gave his opinions on historical topics concerning the West Indies and while his work for the Caribbean Commission strictly forbade any political involvement , it did not prevent him from opening a window on the West Indian past . |
| 24 | But , since no one he had met in Wimbledon Islamic circles seemed to use it , it did not prevent him from holding his head up in the staffroom . |
| 25 | It did not tell him how many French had crossed the frontier , nor whether blücher was concentrating his army ; all it told him was that a French force had pushed back the Prussian outposts . |
| 26 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 27 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 28 | McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ? |
| 29 | Mr Browning , with an expression on his face that said he guessed what this was about and it did not please him , nodded . |
| 30 | It did not please him ; almost he wished the first pledge back again , so naked did he feel now without his armour of obstinacy . |