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 | A month later a high-ranking army officer had heard him deliver the following verdict on integration : " They are not Provenals or Languedocians . |
| 3 | She also made him promise the usual things like writing to her every day and keeping warm . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She felt him pinch the fleshy outer folds of her labia between his fingers , and clip a peg on to it . |
| 6 | Mark Roe explains the swing change that helped him win the recent Lancome Trophy . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The times had made him mistrust the militant kinds of heroism , though he unjustly saw himself as deficient in fortitude of another sort . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His sources do not help him grasp the inconvenient fact that many young men actually enjoy warfare . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | One presumes this was to help him keep the short ball down when it was bowled at the line of middle to leg stump . |
| 20 | He blames Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell for making him sign the public immunity certificate . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Len Vickery finished third after carding a score of 68a round which helped him secure the past captain 's cup . |
| 23 | After he 'd missed yet another holeable putt , Patrick saw him lay the steel-shafted putter across his knee as if to break or spank it . |
| 24 | Will 1991 see him take the final step to greatness ? |
| 25 | And I must be on top to let him take the full force of the impact . |
| 26 | They had had faith , they had seen Jesus perform miracles , they had seen him heal the sick , they had seen him give sight to the blind , they had seen some of the tremendous things that Jesus had done . |
| 27 | Against eight opponents — two of them , Akiko and Carson Bay , are his pacemakers — Arazi should have little trouble in confirming his booking to Louisville if reproducing the brilliance that saw him top the International Classification and America 's Experimental Handicap . |
| 28 | Let him have the final word . |
| 29 | I took that part to mean about trust between him and the board , ie he trusted them to let him have the final say etc etc . |
| 30 | She saw him read the simple stylish lettering that proclaimed the occupant below . |