Example sentences of "him [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I concluded from what Heather told me that Alan had taken him on for old time 's sake . ’ |
| 2 | Today we meet young comedienne Lois Waters and her dad Denny , and tomorrow Chris Boardman talks about the man who spurred him on to Olympic fame . |
| 3 | We 'll let him in for free ! |
| 4 | Instead , I led him in by secret ways , going round the Hospital of St Katherine , past the Tower , to Custom House on the corner of Thames Street near the Woolquay . |
| 5 | Chase turned out to be a tuba player , of all things , though I would have put him down as backing vocals for The Communards on appearances alone . |
| 6 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 7 | While he was there he learnt to fly with the University Air Squadron and was in despair when , on the outbreak of war , the RAF initially turned him down on medical grounds . |
| 8 | Then he hosed him down with warm water until all traces of the beck had been removed . |
| 9 | I understand that Border , 37 , was within one phone call of losing his job when umpire Steve Randell reported him along with fast bowler Merv Hughes for dissent in the first Test at Brisbane earlier this month . |
| 10 | Providing his French colleagues agree , which is akin to the BBC agreeing to retain Dan Maskell , he will stand for another four year term as President of the French Federation , which will take him through to early 1997 . |
| 11 | Just on half-time , a long ball from Milne put him through within excellent shooting distance of Thomson , but McCart 's late intervention robbed him of the golden chance to break the deadlock . |
| 12 | Dreaming of ensnaring a visitor who will whisk him off to fabulous Detroit , Sonny is completely unaware that ‘ people do n't go there . |
| 13 | And sent him off to distant jungles . |
| 14 | Although practical experience was not required , Balliol decided to build its own laboratory , and asked Smith to run it , sending him off to various distinguished chemists to obtain an appropriate training . |
| 15 | It 'll mean seeing so much less of him , and God knows I seem to see little enough already , but being an only boy I 've felt I must pack him off to boarding-school to get some men in his life and break the apron-strings . |
| 16 | Some correspondent will probably now write to tell me that Brunson is bravely suffering from some life-threatening condition , but he delivered his questions between swallows with the aplomb of Peter Lorre squealing to Humphrey Bogart as the police drag him off to certain death in Casablanca . |
| 17 | They were , however , able successfully to fob him off with various working parties , with joint industry — civil service membership , to look at detailed questions such as the principles of pricing and the possibility of load limiters . |
| 18 | After that whenever he came near she warned him off with bared teeth . |
| 19 | It was partly for shame after all the talk and the things that the papers said , but as well as that they wanted to cut him off for good . ’ |
| 20 | Presently a remark of Elizabeth 's started him off on capital punishment , because it emerged that Ivy was rather a friend to hanging . |
| 21 | They cut him off during televised debates . |
| 22 | My lesson lasted about half the time of Tony 's , terminating as he was explaining the purpose of the deadman 's handle to me when a gust filled his chute and hauled him off in fine style . |
| 23 | ‘ the lads ’ put him up to Blind Date |
| 24 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 25 | You could buy a spare Big Boss , load him up with magic items , mount him on a wyvern and use him to pick off the enemy 's general or other vital pieces early in the game . |
| 26 | Picked him up at Imperial College . |
| 27 | Intellectual reviewers took him up in left-wing papers because of his music-hall background and appreciated him in a way that made him wretched . |
| 28 | It 's pleasanter than chopping him up in little pieces . |
| 29 | He 'd beaten that habit out of her when she was a child , telling her he despised weakness in any form , and no child of his was going to show him up in public or private . |
| 30 | She must swallow her hurt and pay him back with loving kindness . |