Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |
| 2 | Colin inspected the room looking for the clues , looking for the vital piece of information that would lead him to the same conclusion as Smith . |
| 3 | Something that would establish him as a Writer : script-writer , poet , lyricist for a rock band , novelist , playwright … it did n't matter . |
| 4 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
| 5 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
| 6 | The government insisted this was the reason he secretly contacted Castro to mediate a solution that would save him from the drug dealers ' retribution . |
| 7 | And he has laid himself wide open to the kind of criticism that will cloak him in a dark shroud of misery . |
| 8 | Christian attorney Constance Cumbey goes a step further in The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow when she writes of the ‘ coming age of barbarism ’ , and describes the New Agers as a ‘ viable movement that truly meets the scriptural requirements for the Antichrist and the political movement that will bring him on the world scene ’ . |
| 9 | And also : According to local rag , Wilko has denied he will be signing a contract next week that will keep him at the club until 1999 . |
| 10 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 11 | Mansell 's first taste of Indy action will be in California in December when he tests the monster motor that will hurtle him to the threshold of survival in the most hair-raising episode of his race career . |
| 12 | I 've told my son that I am going to get him a forged passport that will get him into the opposition penalty area . |
| 13 | But despite that , Gloucestershire County Council still ca n't find another school that will accept him as a full time student . |
| 14 | He 'd gone on saying it until people complained and the landlord was forced to tell him that such talk amounted to the spreading of gloom and despondency ; it was almost as bad as careless talk and would land him in the Bridewell if the police got to hear . |
| 15 | There was a confused position and Baldwin was entitled to continue until the oppositions could show that they could and would defeat him in the House of Commons . |
| 16 | She was a policewoman of sorts , and would arrest him on the spot . |
| 17 | Well aware of English fears , Napoleon III decided that a joint Anglo-French approach to the problems of the Near East would be popular in Britain and would provide him with the lever he sought to hoist France into place in the European system . |
| 18 | I am therefore rescinding the sentence of death you pronounced , and shall re-assign him in a capacity which will make full use of his special abilities . |
| 19 | As early as January 1961 a US Department of State report on Cuba argued that ‘ Castro , aware of [ growing discontent within Cuba ] and of the lack of decisive support by the Soviet countries is endeavouring , through his acts of provocation , to create a crisis against Cuba that will compel the Soviets to support him and will restore him to the position of anti-imperialist hero in the eyes of his own people and the Latin American masses ’ ( US Declassified , 1982 , 001697 ) . |
| 20 | Reliving the experience ( even if only in his imagination ) will still take away his feelings of foolishness and will provide him with a reason for his phobia . |