Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 7 ) A constable must , on requiring any person to provide a specimen in pursuance of this section , warn him that a failure to provide it may render him liable to prosecution . |
| 2 | He walked round the room , examining every object as though it might tell him some secret . |
| 3 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |
| 4 | It 'll do him good to get out for a while ; it 's being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety . ’ |
| 5 | It 'll do him good to get out and about . |
| 6 | Good , it 'll do him good |
| 7 | It 'll make him happy , and things will go easier if you do . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't want to be on the phone when he arrives — it 'll make him wary . ’ |
| 9 | I gave him a ridiculous list of things ( most of them I do n't want , but it 'll keep him busy ) to buy . |
| 10 | oh yeah , it 'll take him all day to get ready for it , psyching himself up , mentally prepare himself to get into the kitchen |
| 11 | We will but it 'll it 'll take him another probably another three weeks but it 's he 's getting there . |
| 12 | Well John was saying to me , that eh , Bill is such a perfectionist that although he 's done good works already , he will ensure that every single corner of that house will be immaculate and exactly the way he wants it , but it 'll take him three or four years to do it . |
| 13 | It could take him five seasons to get it right |
| 14 | STUDENT John McCoy went for a spin in his car hoping it would make him tired — and plummeted 30ft down a cliff . |
| 15 | Section 2(5) of the 1959 Act reads : " A person shall not be convicted of an offence against this section ( ie the offence of publishing obscene material ) if he proves that he had not examined the article in respect of which he is charged and had no reasonable cause to suspect that it was such that his publication of it would make him liable to be convicted of an offence against this section . " |
| 16 | Alice 's voice held genuine regret , for although she had never thought Madeleine the right girl for Harry , she would have done anything possible to forward a marriage between them if she truly believed it would make him happy . |
| 17 | It would give him great pleasure to write a large cheque for something special for Rose 's birthday — a particularly splendid piece of jewellery , perhaps — but he could n't . |
| 18 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 19 | He did n't want to drag them , because even though it would give him more room there would be a risk of noise which might attract the attention of the housekeeper . |
| 20 | He felt it would leave him little time for his writing for one thing . |
| 21 | She had said it would do him good . |
| 22 | He says that it would cost him more money if he went the other way . |
| 23 | It would win him few friends in the offices of Century , few cosy evenings with his subordinates in the clubland of Mayfair . |
| 24 | A little tickle , but he knew it would keep him awake all night . |
| 25 | To his surprise , the strongest argument in favour of taking the job had been that it would keep him near to Frances . |
| 26 | It would take him three days to reach Tracy with a small army and cumbersome siege machines slowing him down — what did one hour more or less matter ? |
| 27 | It will do him good if it slumps a little . |
| 28 | It will leave him heir-apparent to the Lonrho empire . |
| 29 | He neither gains an ally nor sweetens an enemy , and say she brings but a token household with her , yet it will cost him dear to keep them . |
| 30 | ‘ It will take him six weeks to recover so we expect him to be out of action for longer than that , ’ the spokesman added . |