Example sentences of "he [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Later ( Mk 12 : 29 ) they would hear him affirm the oneness of God , but how reconcile that with this ?
2 I waited a moment , letting him think the line was dead .
3 Well let him answer the question .
4 I 'm going to Councillor Lines here who 's a Conservative Councillor , hang on Theresa , we have a Conservative Councillor let him answer the question .
5 It just makes him want the ball even more . ’
6 Being spurned by Malcolm McLaren only made him want the group more .
7 She was utterly shocked when he put her firmly from him and she saw him button the shirt she had succeeded in undoing .
8 They were all questions which both puzzled and disturbed him , yet at the same time he knew she was the key to helping him expose the diversion at the plant .
9 He saw him throw the noose towards him .
10 And right up until that time Fred Hann , managing director of FWH , was urging English Estates to let him buy the freehold of his Nelson Street warehouse .
11 He signed the deal in February , persuaded Morgan Grenfell to let him buy the company Jag and left the City to become a mini-captain of industry .
12 His mates laughed , and helped him tie the topknot .
13 He wants no superstar treatment from Team Pileri , who signed him last year and saw him steal the glory from team-mate and ex-champ Fausto Gresini .
14 I told Eric to expect me ; somehow I would let him know the date by way of one of the contadini who were helping him .
15 This piece of whimsy baffled the sergeant so he pressed on , ‘ The inspector said , if you could let him know the cause and time of death , he 'd be very grateful .
16 I could n't let him know the strength of my feelings — I was afraid it might frighten him off .
17 He told me to watch for a seaman with one leg and to let him know the moment when a man like that appeared .
18 What I owe him shall be paid in full , and I 'll make him count the coin over in his ruin .
19 Let him describe the scene that met his eyes in his own words :
20 The Forbra Gold Challenge Cup Handicap Chase provides an ideal chance for Major Match to return to the form which saw him win the Charisma Gold Cup last season .
21 The reputation for energy and honesty which Truman gained from this work helped him win the nomination for the vice-presidency in the 1944 election , after more prominent candidates had cancelled each other out .
22 Long before Quex died , however , Edward Carrington had discovered better reasons than inter-service rivalry and backstabbing to make him doubt the quality of the organization he had been so proud to join .
23 It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ?
24 This contact made him study the issue of conformity to the established church .
25 ‘ Let him feel the weight of it . ’
26 She rose up in the world without lifting a finger when she married into the gentry and I daresay she let him feel the difference been them .
27 Gesner groped for a suave exit line , something to make him feel the star of Hochhauser again , but the four serious faces were all staring at him blankly , totally devoid of any warmth or admiration .
28 and we need s we need Stuart gets a van he 'll need someone to help him lift the washing machine and so on like
29 To what extent is a romantic yearning for a lost Eden making him idealize the island , and on the other hand how much of his caution is inertia and fear of the new ?
30 How easily she had let him manipulate the transition .
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