Example sentences of "him [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the activity around his earth , and the fact that there were a mere three hounds , had combined to make him think the open country might be safer today ; now they 'd given him proof that it was n't . |
| 2 | Let him make the first move . |
| 3 | A month later a high-ranking army officer had heard him deliver the following verdict on integration : " They are not Provenals or Languedocians . |
| 4 | She also made him promise the usual things like writing to her every day and keeping warm . |
| 5 | I said I 'd let him know the total number of , of contact days or whatever with Sherburn over the period so that is something I need to get from you Bill . |
| 6 | She felt him pinch the fleshy outer folds of her labia between his fingers , and clip a peg on to it . |
| 7 | Mark Roe explains the swing change that helped him win the recent Lancome Trophy . |
| 8 | The 24-year-old local hero failed to find the superb form which saw him win the French Indoor Championships , as he lost his first match to Pete Sampras , 7–6 ( 7–5 ) , 7–6 ( 7–3 ) . |
| 9 | For the next few weeks the male passes food for his entire family through this hole until the female breaks the wall down and leaves the hole to help him collect the increasing quantity of food demanded by the growing chicks . |
| 10 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 11 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 12 | Danny was heavier by at least two stone , and his upright stance made him appear the taller of the two . |
| 13 | It was also nice to see him give the young girl who had drawn his winning number a £20.00 note as a way of saying thank you . |
| 14 | ‘ And you can come in my mouth for another fiver , ’ she said , deliberately pushing her hip into him , letting him feel the soft flow of her limbs . |
| 15 | He then calculates estimated sales , co-ordinates with his production department so the product is made in the right volume , and enlists the help of advertising and other specialist services , such as sales promotion and public relations , to help him achieve the projected sales . |
| 16 | He did not take the sheaf of notes Marshall tendered but made him recite the relevant ones and in that way learned that three people said they had been wearing clothes which were , at least in part , cream-coloured . |
| 17 | The times had made him mistrust the militant kinds of heroism , though he unjustly saw himself as deficient in fortitude of another sort . |
| 18 | We fly backwards , retracing old tribal routes — dreamed up , or remembered — and into a city walled with honey-coloured stones , where the sage Hanina sends demons home to Hell with their putative tails between their legs , and where King Solomon outwits mighty Ashmodai , Duke of the Underworld , and makes him do the royal bidding like any human flunkey . |
| 19 | They caught him unprepared , before he could blank out his mind , making him remember the last time he had heard that sort of ringing , last Sunday . |
| 20 | He led St Colman 's College to victory over old adversaries St Pat 's , Maghera in the MacRory Cup final with a marvellous individual performance that saw him become the first winner of the Iggy Jones Memorial Trophy . |
| 21 | David Strang , whose South African-based Glaswegian parents were in Toronto to see him become the first Briton to win a world indoors 1,500m medal , also has a connection with the Boyle squad . |
| 22 | Souness , who won more than 50 caps for Scotland in a playing career that saw him become the driving force in Liverpool 's domination of Europe , was fined £100 by the Scottish FA in January 1989 for comments to a referee after a Premier Division game at Aberdeen . |
| 23 | His sources do not help him grasp the inconvenient fact that many young men actually enjoy warfare . |
| 24 | This made him see the great urgency of persuading ‘ such ignorant , presumptuous and careless sinners as the world aboundeth with ’ to repent and believe in Christ . |
| 25 | Cassie had heard many shades of emotion expressed by Johnny 's voice , indeed it was a powerful weapon and one he knew only too well how to use to good effect , but never had she heard him use the particular tone with which he now addressed his wife . |
| 26 | One presumes this was to help him keep the short ball down when it was bowled at the line of middle to leg stump . |
| 27 | He blames Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell for making him sign the public immunity certificate . |
| 28 | The Hibs manager , Alex Miller , was also disappointed , because leading scorer , Darren Jackson , had failed to shake off the stomach injury which had seen him miss the Scottish Cup victory over Cowdenbeath earlier in the week . |
| 29 | They did it , very slowly and tenderly , and then drove on again ; and then Boy made him stop the second time , in a layby with the first lorry headlights going past , and the man took Boy 's cock in his mouth again , and masturbated Boy again so that he came a second time , and then they drove again . |
| 30 | Len Vickery finished third after carding a score of 68a round which helped him secure the past captain 's cup . |