Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 2 | Not only did the schoolmaster make him move , but he instructed him to transfer all his personal effects from the luggage rack above the seat to the rack on the other side , which takes a particular kind of pettiness , do n't you think . |
| 3 | She stood defiantly in front of him , shaking her head , trying desperately to find the words to make him realise that she was tired , due for leave , and really felt he should ask someone else . |
| 4 | Of course , she should have somehow found the nerve to divorce him ages ago . |
| 5 | He could just imagine the Woman hitting him , smashing at his face in the dark with the butt of her gun . |
| 6 | Tithonus directly begs the Gods to release him from their grip and let him die . |
| 7 | His first big senior championship victory over 1500 metres at Crystal Palace yesterday convinced the selectors to give him this job in Rome . |
| 8 | The client will usually require the engineer to inform him or her of the likely final cost of construction at regular intervals . |
| 9 | I was not at all afraid , because I knew I still had the power to calm him . |
| 10 | The nurse who brought him home said the sister baptized him herself the very night he was born . |
| 11 | He later admitted the loan stretched him to his financial limit . |
| 12 | A friend clearly recalls the Princess telephoning him in tears . |
| 13 | I also take the opportunity to inform him and the House that the people of Leicestershire have been shattered and appalled by the relevations of abuse in our children 's homes . |
| 14 | It was no defence that the accused had a good motive , namely to stop the car obstructing him . |
| 15 | I suggested that they should also accept the invitation to take him to visit his new school 's Open Evening . |
| 16 | ‘ At first , yes , and he often summoned the Queen to meet him across the Forth , but in the weeks before he died , his visits became less frequent . |
| 17 | It was widely believed the committee wanted him , but insiders pointed out he may have been the wrong man for the job . |
| 18 | His sister invariably had the power to restore him to good humour . |
| 19 | ‘ You could at least let the lad take him down and back , even if you do n't use him . ’ |
| 20 | She cleaned her plate in the time-honoured way with a piece of bread , then summoned the waiter to inform him she 'd have her coffee next door . |
| 21 | He blushed guiltily , but the small part of his brain that had been vaguely monitoring the discussion alerted him to the fact that he had been asked a question by the executive producer . |
| 22 | Why else did the locals love him as much as the visitors ? |
| 23 | It seems that during a period of good relations between the Spaniards and the native Indians , the cacique of one local tribe had become blood-brother to Balboa , and had actually persuaded the Spaniard to help him prosecute a local war . |
| 24 | If an orator , anywhere in the world , publicly challenged the lightning to strike him if he lied , and it promptly did so , we should read about it and be duly impressed . |
| 25 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 26 | No wonder he had never allowed the spotlight to catch him full face . |
| 27 | History never had the heart to tell him that great keepers use both hands . |
| 28 | To the majority who never had the chance to meet him properly , I should like to tell you that he was a merry young man who tempered his quick intelligence with humour , and would , in time , have made worthwhile contributions both to medicine and to the Circle … ’ |
| 29 | He used to make my life very uncomfortable — abusing me and pushing me around — but I never had the guts to hit him because he was so big . |
| 30 | Howard Samuel never had the courage to tell him that he had no recollection of their night-time conversation because of his post-prandial condition , so Randolph always regarded the fact that the licence had been obtained for the Labour Party as a gross breach of trust . |