Example sentences of "him [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let him rule this country for you . ’ |
| 2 | If the ex-employee remembers details of some of the previous employer 's customers , there is nothing to stop him using this information . |
| 3 | Do you have confidence in him to conduct this operation ? |
| 4 | Even Ipuky could not arrange for him to see this body , and he no longer had the cachet of officialdom with which to browbeat the embalmer . |
| 5 | ‘ I certainly expect him to see this season out . |
| 6 | They wanted him to like this house but he did n't , and he was n't saying so just so they 'd feel better . |
| 7 | I had on the programme Brahms 's Fourth Symphony and at the rehearsal Lamond said to me , ‘ You know , I knew Brahms ; I heard him conduct this piece . ’ |
| 8 | I did n't want anyone to go to that sort of trouble , but … well , I know Steve 's worried , and I want him to enjoy this trip . ’ |
| 9 | If it is the postman , introduce them ; let him know this man represents no threat . |
| 10 | I said I would let him know this afternoon , ’ she continued a little too quickly . |
| 11 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 12 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
| 13 | One of Christian 's oft-repeated dreams was to establish a Methodist mission among the country 's gipsies and Nahum 's status could help him achieve this ambition . |
| 14 | It was typical of him to choose this pub . |
| 15 | Craig Chalmers , who was a casualty in Melrose 's game against Boroughmuir on Saturday , has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend against Stirling County . |
| 16 | The problem is , however , that his Marxist conceptual framework leaves him describing this sphere as ‘ ideology ’ or ‘ hegemony ’ . |
| 17 | The thought and , better still , the taste of Theakston 's ‘ old Peculier ’ will help him remember this point , for this special beer is brewed at Masham , which was one of the richest peculiar jurisdictions in the country . |
| 18 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 19 | He thought her pleasure in Florian 's win was for her once and future lover and , presumably , that in her euphoria she was going to let him jump this queue of men he had convinced himself she had waiting for her sexual favours . |
| 20 | He 'd expected a great brazen trumpet hanging , with a legend in outlandish characters — ‘ Who dares to brave the giant 's wrath , let him sound this trump . ’ |
| 21 | Temperament and conviction combined to make him see this moment , not as one of intriguing human possibilities , but as one offering an unofficial means to an official end . |
| 22 | Serafin knows now why Summerchild was so reluctant to let him see this place and so anxious to make him settle for the dingy remoteness of Northumberland Avenue . |
| 23 | I ask him to help this misery who has me under his power . |
| 24 | ‘ If that is what you want , Mr Reynolds , then I 'm sure David can be persuaded to leave with his family , ’ Beth told him icily ; though in fact she despaired of ever persuading him to leave this house . |
| 25 | I saw him return this morning , so pleased with himself . ’ |
| 26 | He had gone out for air while Mary reverted to her servant role , but an impulse had taken him much further than he anticipated and now that he was on the shoreline he knew that he had followed an instinct which was directing him to resolve this business with Mary . |
| 27 | But , she said I 'm pleased with him so far , but we still got to be careful that 's why she made him have this collar . |
| 28 | Even the enthusiasm of a Maury Temerlin ( 1976 ) does not tempt him to attribute this level of sophistication to Ameslan Lucy ; in part , for the obvious reason , that she would then be at risk to what is on the other side of this coin — moral guilt . |
| 29 | True , his editor had taken the surprising step of allowing him to pursue this story all the way to London . |
| 30 | She wanted him to be safe , not to be in trouble ; she wanted him to finish this book . |