Example sentences of "him [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has stayed to deal with them , but still believes God means him to go at some point . |
| 2 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 3 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 4 | They went about their business , expecting him to appear at any moment . |
| 5 | Whenever Annunciata came to fetch the child she was firm : he must go at once or otherwise his mother would be displeased and might not allow him to come at all . |
| 6 | Len was different ; she had never seen him look at another girl like that . |
| 7 | Well I 'd like to see a very open report , and that 's why I Mr , and I 'd like him to look at all the options , we 're deferring this so that we can see what 's possible , you know , , perhaps Hanson Trust would like to come along and offer us fifty million pounds for it , that 'd be a fair deal would n't it , perhaps somebody else would do that . |
| 8 | I urge him to look at one current study which concerns the possibility of moving the sea systems control first to temporary accommodation and then , in 1995-96 , to permanent accommodation . |
| 9 | He admits the scheme cramped his dress sense and made him sweat at official functions , but he hopes he has given the people of Hawick ‘ a sense of purpose , pride and awareness of the quality of world-class knitwear they produce ’ . |
| 10 | In my opinion it would be a very rash collector who banked on him staying at that level . |
| 11 | Artai was incapable of sitting still for long , and only his abnormal concern with his appearance made him submit at all to the restrictive nature of the ministrations of the Y'frike slaves . |
| 12 | The slightest accident on the motorway can become a multiple pile-up because there 's people like him travelling at this speed . |
| 13 | But on Adwick we have decided , and I 've told John or he 's been informed , that because we 've got a supervisor there I do n't want him starting at six in the morning . |
| 14 | ‘ It 'll soon be dark and then we wo n't be able to see him coming at all . ’ |
| 15 | He seems to be playing really well at the moment and to let him go at this stage would be killing shooting ourselves in the foot . |
| 16 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |
| 17 | Rebecca West refers to a photograph of him taken at this time in army uniform as a private of the Worcestershire Regiment . |
| 18 | There were nights when , hearing him start at three or four in the morning , she would have welcomed anything that would let him stop and rest-paregoric , a sugar-tit , any of those wicked things . |
| 19 | I said to him come at four . |
| 20 | The empty pot was heavy and Asik found it very difficult to walk without carrying anything , but the pot made it almost impossible for him to move at any speed . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't like this conversation , if you do n't mind , ’ Jenna said primly , wanting him to stop at all costs . |
| 22 | And I had to ask a lad stood at front , I said can you ask him to stop at this stop please . |
| 23 | Only the young man 's intuitive fear of the heavy couple who had entered his shop , closed the door and locked it , and pushed him roughly into the back room , made him co-operate at all . |
| 24 | I heard him say at one gathering that there were certain things he thought ought to be done , and he was going to do them , whether people followed him or not . |
| 25 | " Send Mai to my hut in two minutes , " she heard him say at last in a curt voice . |
| 26 | In this he refers to a St. Kilda man who had occasion to visit Harris and later Skye , and of that trip Buchan writes thus : — ‘ One of the things he and they with him wondered at most was , the Growth of Trees , they thought the Beauty of Leaves and Branches admirable , and how they grow to such a Height above Plants was far above their Conception . |