Example sentences of "him take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been 30 hours and more with him this year so far , and I have never seen him take a drink . |
| 2 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 3 | Let him take a knife , and I 'll see the colour of his inside ! ’ |
| 4 | I can give evidence that I s right for , say , we 'll go back to his , his er idea , suspicion of murder , I can say I saw him take a hammer and whack him , split his head open , he dropped down dead . |
| 5 | He went to her , taking her shoulders gently , wanting , despite his anger , to make things right between them , but she shrugged him off , turning violently to confront him , the fury in her eyes making him take a step back from her . |
| 6 | He ignored the mop , just staring at me , and I saw him take a breath ready to defy me so I spoke before he could . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to see him take the ball from them , and the strikers , so that he can look to score goals like he did in Wednesday 's game with Turkey . ’ |
| 8 | I had n't noticed that he was carrying , not wearing , it and I certainly had n't seen him take the meat . |
| 9 | Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals . |
| 10 | She must n't let him take the rise out of her like that . |
| 11 | ‘ — but if Ross had n't twisted Owen 's arm and made him take the money we would n't have been able to afford even a shoe-box . |
| 12 | Jane Clark , 50 , said : ‘ I can no longer stand idly by and let him take the blame . ’ |
| 13 | She saw him take the envelope from his pocket and show Ursula the letter inside . |
| 14 | I made him take an oath |
| 15 | From now on you 'll see him taking a part . |
| 16 | It occurred to him that if she belonged to Gary , there was nothing to stop him taking a sort of family ownership too . |
| 17 | It is a relief to hear him taking the Trio at the same speed as the Scherzo , and not inexplicably slowing down like so many others . |
| 18 | and I told him about the , him taking the wagon off me , he said that 's bloody stupid that cos Nick used to do my run , work it out for me |
| 19 | A junior spin doctor wandered down the aisle of bus and aeroplane using the language which presumably they drum into them at medical school : ‘ I will certainly convey your request to the Prime Minister for a comment on these polls , but I think you will find him taking the view that after April 9 you will all be writing about him winning the only poll that matters . ’ |
| 20 | It 's no good him taking the bridge down out now , because he ca n't put the wall ca n't really re-brick there now much too wet ! |
| 21 | Aston Villa in 1912 , the player claimed damages for loss of employment , because the club had put ‘ too high ’ a transfer fee on him which prevented him taking an offer from another club . |
| 22 | I thought this was quite early in the case for an aggravation , so I had him take a dose every other day after diluting the remedy in a second glass of water . |
| 23 | Julia watched him take a handkerchief from his trouser pocket with one hand while shaking the debris of the cat 's cradle from the other . |
| 24 | Then , once inside the sitting-room , she bade him take a seat . |
| 25 | Even so , while in " crisis mode " he will have his eye on the organization , carefully watching how the systems cope , how emergency procedures work and , most importantly , how the people around him take the strain and react . |
| 26 | An example of the former came from Continental FC 's captain Barry Dennis , who , having left school , went to college where he gained a Full Technological Certificate enabling him to take a position in the computer industry . |
| 27 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 28 | I forgot to ask him to take a cab . |
| 29 | I told him to take a miss on the instruction part . |
| 30 | The theatre management urged him to take a holiday , but he refused , not wanting to disappoint the audiences who were still rushing to get seats at each performance . |