Example sentences of "him [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has a final interview with Miss Havisham , and forgives her the wrong she has done him in leading him on to believe that she was his benefactor . |
| 2 | Uncorrected homework will create a negative attitude in the student , leading him eventually to believe that the teacher is not really interested in his progress . |
| 3 | ‘ No good ever came out of Catgut Alley , that 's for sure , ’ said Aunt Clarabel as she sat him down to fish and chips for lunch . |
| 4 | It did n't take him long to realize that one less headache was getting rid of me . |
| 5 | It not take him long to realize that if the police wanted someone to carry the can , then Dirk Coetzee was heading for death row . |
| 6 | Finally she called him only to find that he was not in his apartment at Buckingham Palace . |
| 7 | When he came for Sunday lunch , I wept and clung to him , begging him not to leave until he had to prise me off . |
| 8 | It 's me that told him not to go cos I said , I did n't want to go this week and he did n't go . |
| 9 | One man , John Kelly , a former offshore worker and trained first-aider , claimed police told him not to interfere when he asked why they were not helping Mr Murphy . |
| 10 | I told him not to worry and that I was quite impressed and would be interested in managing the band . |
| 11 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 12 | The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God . |
| 13 | ‘ We are hoping to hear from him soon to see if there is money available to support us . |
| 14 | They told him bluntly to go if he must but that they preferred more contemporary methods and would stay in the cabin preparing their equipment . |
| 15 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 16 | Poor old d'Urfé ; I had used him before to suggest that centuries of high culture lay in my blood . |
| 17 | A child at school must certainly be taught those skills which will enable him plausibly to seek and subsequently to hold down a job . |
| 18 | The essence of it is summed up in the old proverb : " Give a man a fish and he is satisfied for a day : teach him how to fish and he will be satisfied for the rest of his life . " |
| 19 | She looked at him warily to find that he was regarding her with unprecedented tenderness . |