Example sentences of "him [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Er but er they devised various ways on their own to help them with these things , you know , they er I do n't know exactly what it was called but you you would see a Maybe a riveter in below the in below the boat er doing the shell , in below the boat , and he would have a Like a hammer , a a an arm that was rigged up for him er to give him an assistance with the the machine , to hold the machine up to You know to let him work with the machine . |
| 32 | To Alex Harbury 's chagrin Riley would not let him work on the prison release dates story and sent him to interview a Girlie winner . |
| 33 | Ymor had on several occasions seen him look around the room with an expression of deep satisfaction . |
| 34 | But not dropped , ’ he added with a grin which made him look like the prototype jovial monk . |
| 35 | I saw him like on the right , on the path and I goes I goes what you do I goes gon na be sick . |
| 36 | Some of his feats make him sound like the Bionic Man . |
| 37 | This inevitably made him suspect to the more militant . |
| 38 | Watching from the window , Hilary grinned as she saw him hurry towards the driver , and only when he 'd climbed into the car did she move . |
| 39 | Unfortunately though , he became too domesticated and did n't have a fear of humans so he was put on a programme to help him adjust to the wild . |
| 40 | Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts , and let him return to the Lord and he will have compassion on him . |
| 41 | He spurred forward , sword raised , then a shout from his rear made him twist in the saddle . |
| 42 | He lifted Goldman again , wrapping his arms round the man , but could n't make him move towards the car . |
| 43 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |
| 44 | That was how it was going to be between them , just as she made him sleep on the floor beside their honeymoon bed in the Ritz . |
| 45 | She has to know how to deliver appropriate information to the patient , to overcome the neurological deficit which is the result of the brain damage , and to help him react in the way she wishes by producing carefully controlled movements . |
| 46 | She looked out of the little window above the door and saw him stop on the path . |
| 47 | Instead she made him stop in the next street ; she did n't want Uncle Vernon storming up the basement steps and putting his oar in . |
| 48 | However , when we were living at Gosport , the aircraft from there and Lee-on-Solent , and in particular the excitement of the Schneider Trophy Races , made him decide on the RAF rather than the Royal Engineers . |
| 49 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 50 | There were lines now from nose to mouth ; the lips were stern ; she had seen him take in the room , who was there , with whom , with one cold appraising glance as he entered . |
| 51 | Tuan Ti Fo made to correct him — to make him take from the bowl of black stones — but the boy was insistent . |
| 52 | Boo does not conform to the community 's code because when he got into trouble at the age of 18 , his father , a very strict Baptist , undertook to punish his son himself , rather than let the law do it and for the rest of his life until he died , he kept his son away from the outside world and would not let him mix with the neighbours . |
| 53 | If you kick a child all his schooldays , force him to labour sixteen hours a day seven days a week , yank out his teeth with forceps when they ache , bleed him when he is ill , beat him throughout his apprenticeship , starve him when he falls on bad times , and finally let him die in the workhouse when he ages prematurely , then you have educated a man , in the best way possible , to be indifferent . |
| 54 | From her hut she heard him call to the Moi and her sons , and a moment later they all plunged naked into the river . |
| 55 | He is likely to be easily distracted by the sights and sounds around him , and this might make him stray into the road or trip and fall . |
| 56 | Edward followed ; she heard him skid on the floor , in whose black and shining depths were reflected the chandeliers above their heads . |
| 57 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 58 | This particular trucker 's agent had gone out of business late on New Year 's Eve , one of a number of last-minute bankruptcies and mergers and a new agent would somehow have to be found to stamp his papers if Customs were to let him depart on the 20.15 sailing . |
| 59 | Let him walk into the trap ! |
| 60 | They 'd have seen him walk toward the escalators as the car drew away , moving as if on some rudimentary automatic pilot . |