Example sentences of "him [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essex , whose young players to watch are Mark Ilott and Nick Knight , defend their Britannic Assurance title hoping , as usual , that Neil Foster 's knees will allow him to remain the country 's best bowler . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , why do you think I asked him to attend the opening of the store ? ’ |
| 3 | She negotiated with Henry and the Residential Centre and fixed up for him to attend the scheme for three days a week . |
| 4 | Copies of the application must be sent to the official receiver in sufficient time to enable him to attend the hearing of the application . |
| 5 | These encouraged him to attend the parish church , where ‘ I was so overrun with the spirit of superstition that I adored all things ( both the High Place , Priest , Clerk , vestments , service and what else ) belonging to the Church . ’ |
| 6 | The official receiver must give at least twenty-one days ' notice of the meeting to the bankrupt and may require him to attend the meeting ( r 6.84 ) |
| 7 | He did n't know why General Kopyion had asked him to attend the meeting with the Archon . |
| 8 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |
| 9 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |
| 10 | This would enable him to restore the foot to the proper position of function , and he would keep it like that by strapping it into a right-angle splint , with a kind of plate under the foot attached to splints up the calf . |
| 11 | If a creditor has levied and completed execution the debentureholders can not compel him to restore the money , nor , until the charge has crystallised , can he be restrained from levying execution . |
| 12 | It also inspires him to realize the solo part with a weightiness of tone and concentration of line that has n't always been there to complement the natural clarity of his Brahms . |
| 13 | The same is true of free , fit , apt , able , etc. , all of which denote a quality in the person designated as the support which predisposes him to realize the action referred to by the infinitive in a certain way . |
| 14 | He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills . |
| 15 | Charles I 's quarrels with his Parliaments and his inept foreign policy compelled him to continue the expedient of disafforesting and leasing the soil of various other forests . |
| 16 | It was impossible for him to mount the motorbike before Wilkie . |
| 17 | On the strength of this scanty victory ( 23,000 votes , i.e. 28 per cent of the total number cast ) this largely unknown candidate was now treated by the media as ‘ the front runner ’ and ‘ the man to beat ’ , allowing him to gather the momentum that finally brought him the Democratic nomination . |
| 18 | But he admits that his self-control snapped sufficiently for him to signal the score , 3-1 to West Ham . |
| 19 | A moment 's reflection would have helped him to see the folly , cruelty , and hypocrisy of trying to force someone to acknowledge this . |
| 20 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 21 | I take it from what you say that you do n't want him to see the child ? |
| 22 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
| 23 | He 's a good father and Joanna is happy for him to see the youngster whenever he wants . ’ |
| 24 | It is a disappointment to him to see the way canoeing is marketed and perceived , particularly the view that people ca n't be coached after a certain level . |
| 25 | He had learned that lesson as a child , when the others had laughed at him , and they sent him to see the school shrink . |
| 26 | Indeed , Roberts herself makes the point that , for example , Anderson 's reliance upon census data made it difficult for him to see the extent of exchanges across households . |
| 27 | When Jack took him to see the house , Warnie was just as enthusiastic . |
| 28 | So I seek the authority of Jesus ; and I am led on by him to see the authority of the Bible . |
| 29 | Another flash of lightning allowed him to see the figure of a woman running towards the rick . |
| 30 | She peeped at him to see the effect of her words . |