Example sentences of "we [verb] him [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We trust him to do the mileage he says he does . |
| 2 | We asked him to explain the significance of ‘ Manifeste ’ . |
| 3 | We do n't believe he was infectious before May 21 and we expect him to make a complete recovery . |
| 4 | The Admiral , whose office dates from the end of the thirteenth century , has at first no jurisdiction apart from the discipline of the fleet , but in the course of the fourteenth century we find him assuming a jurisdiction to punish crimes , such as piracy , committed at sea , as well as a civil jurisdiction over shipping and commercial matters . |
| 5 | Lean times were to follow and three years later we find him using the backs of sheets of his Jedburgh map to draw a privately commissioned plan . |
| 6 | Though we find him joining the cut and thrust of conference debate , or delivering polemical lectures , we also glimpse a man apart , and in an intellect of such stature , it is tempting to describe him as aloof . |
| 7 | We watched him consult the programme , turning each page and examining our faces and the oblong patch of biography beneath the photographs . |
| 8 | Eventually we persuaded him to contact the previous owners . |
| 9 | He moved as easily ; and like Chance Wayne at the height of his beauty you , or I , would just , well , would just have died for him , stopped in our tracks for him , stopped the car for him , fallen silent if we saw him cross the street or across a crowded bar . |
| 10 | We ask him to draw a train standing before a signal . |
| 11 | ‘ At first we wanted him to contract the majors for us and go and talk to Mr CBS or whoever , ’ says Gedge . |