Example sentences of "him [vb infin] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 2 | So he hired a lorry , bribed the demolition men to let him cart away the finest doorcases , moulded corner cupboards , cornices and chimney pieces and stored them in a London County Council Historic Buildings warehouse at his own expense . |
| 3 | The way Eleanor exuded rude health made him feel all the weaker . |
| 4 | I scowled at her and promised Dad that if the Germans had n't been sent packing by Christmas — I would leave the market and join up myself to help him finish off the job . |
| 5 | Top firms have been asked to supply him with sales data to help him understand how the economy is doing . |
| 6 | Binding me with his confidences , he said that the wonderfully athletic , Aryan rear view of Steffi Graf made him understand how the camp inmates could believe they were indeed Untermenschen in relation to the SS . |
| 7 | There was a lot of shouting , helping him pinpoint where the search parties were positioned . |
| 8 | He had little doubt that if anything went wrong Buckmaster would let him drop over the cliff . |
| 9 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 10 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 11 | Do n't let him take out the men . |
| 12 | Philip saw him go down the village towards the church . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's Dieter 's section that 's been handling this , so I 'll let him fill in the background . ’ |
| 14 | It disturbed him to think of her father perhaps waking to hear him tiptoe down the passage like a shifty thief afraid of discovery . |
| 15 | Sien 's mother had helped him sweep up the plaster littering the place . |
| 16 | I could hear him pick up the telephone and dial a number . |
| 17 | She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug . |
| 18 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 19 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 20 | The God who had made him get off the trike and stand still at the side of the grassily banked hill . |
| 21 | She stayed where she was , waiting to see him come down the senior run , and her first sight of his black-suited figure made the breath catch in her throat . |
| 22 | She rolled onto her side to let him pull down the zip of her dress . |
| 23 | Much of what he said was lost in the noise , but once , as we climbed a precipitous path and were no more than four metres apart , I heard him cry aloud the name of William again . |
| 24 | The madman shook his head and stared at the bear but Athelstan saw him blink away the tears which pricked his madcap eyes . |