Example sentences of "him [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Father vould n't really vant him to go for all the summer . ’ |
| 2 | Like Shujan he has had his training setbacks but Armstrong has shrewdly got enough runs into him to go for this handicap and his recent home form suggests it is worth taking a chance with him as he is on the upgrade . |
| 3 | WHEN our grandson reaches 11 , we wish to pay for him to go to public school . |
| 4 | I did n't want him to go to residential school at all . ’ |
| 5 | On the other hand , on a different occasion she expressed feelings of depression and powerlessness in the face of professional opinion , conceding that she might allow him to go to residential school if it could be shown that it was in his best interests . |
| 6 | ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place . |
| 7 | He remembers asking Control why he was not also given a Thomas Leavy passport , and being told that , as there was enough time for him to go through normal channels to get one , a legitimate passport was always a safer bet . |
| 8 | He has stayed to deal with them , but still believes God means him to go at some point . |
| 9 | Mortimer swore that he intended no harm to Lancaster , and the Bishops of Winchester and London were sent to persuade him to attend after all . |
| 10 | Let Pool enter a few other minds , allow him to see through other eyes . ’ |
| 11 | These rules mean that it might benefit the owner of a topography right for him to sit on that right until such a time as it can be exploited to its full potential as long as this is done a reasonable period before the 15 years have expired . |
| 12 | Scott prepared a plan showing the relationship between the Foreign Office and the India Office which he sent to the Office of Works , who then on 17th January , 1859 instructed him to proceed with detailed drawings and prepare an approximate estimate of the cost of the new Foreign Office . |
| 13 | acknowledg 'd that the characters of the men were very unexceptionable in every respect … but the Statutes of the Univy , he thought , obliged him to proceed in this Manner — thus is Persecution carried on under the masque of Mildness and Moderation . ’ |
| 14 | One held a knife to his throat while forcing him to drive to nearby Hackney . |
| 15 | The problem this poses for the educationalist is formidable because , as well as designing curricula that will help the surveyor cope with future changes , he has also to provide the basis of a training experience to enable him to cope with contemporary practice . |
| 16 | A major reason for a manager to understand something about statistics ( and to overcome his fear of numbers ) is to enable him to cope with other managers who use this method of proving a point or presenting a case . |
| 17 | And certain things are going to happen in his body to help him to cope with that situation . |
| 18 | Because the males ' reproductive success is probably limited by the number of females they can attract and defend from other males rather than their sperm supply , natural selection will favour any property in a male that enables him to mate with more females . |
| 19 | This not only allows him to indulge in more of those awkward movements , which make his first solo such a wonderful parody of classical dance , but shows him as the pathetic clown , always the butt of everyone 's laughter . |
| 20 | In substance and spirit there is much in her portrayal that coincides with the stereotype of woman found in medieval antifeminist literature : lascivious and insatiable , alluring to men , drawing them to a fall — e.g. tempting the monk to sin , and befooling her husband ( or , more seriously , tempting him to indulge in sexual intercourse for its own pleasure and indeed for its cash value ) . |
| 21 | Ill health forced him to retire in 1915 . |
| 22 | Any adaptation in a male which enables him to copulate with more females will be strongly favoured by natural selection . |
| 23 | The strict mother can be very effective in getting what she needs if the man 's early experience helps him to relate to that kind of woman . |
| 24 | ( 5 ) The Director may — ( a ) institute and have the conduct of any criminal proceedings which appear to him to relate to such fraud ; and ( b ) take over the conduct of any such proceedings at any stage . … |
| 25 | They went about their business , expecting him to appear at any moment . |
| 26 | I 'll ask him to comment on that in a minute . |
| 27 | Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously . |
| 28 | Whenever Annunciata came to fetch the child she was firm : he must go at once or otherwise his mother would be displeased and might not allow him to come at all . |
| 29 | At the end of the day Child and I were cursing our luck and Douglas Hamilton was waxing lyrical about the placidity of the beasts , who had allowed him to come within six yards of them . |
| 30 | Managing director and major shareholder Peter Kemmis Betty has been appointed president — a non-executive position but one which will enable him to concentrate on editorial areas , chess and archaeology , in which he has a particular interest . |