Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks this keeps him on his mettle , but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word . |
| 2 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 3 | ‘ John is gone across the Liverpool Plains to the Namoi ’ , wrote Eliza to her mother on 6 December from Yarrundi , ‘ he expects to find much to interest him there . |
| 4 | PRESIDENT Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton , the man who looks set to beat him in today 's US Presidential election , set off yesterday on election eve odyssies . |
| 5 | ‘ Because Edwin , as Gifford 's art executor , was very astute and Marcella has much to thank him for . |
| 6 | There was no indication of any desire on the part of the appellant to change his behaviour , and it was considered unsafe to release him into the community . |
| 7 | Melody , her arm about his waist , was having to work hard to keep him upright . |
| 8 | This time Tuan Ti Fo had to work hard to defeat him . |
| 9 | Called ‘ Robben Ford & Blue Line ’ ( GRS 11022 ) , it looks likely to gain him the even higher profile as a soloist he so richly deserves . |
| 10 | The surrogate father guides his protégé through his turbulent teens into his twenties when he develops into a mature and secure sportsman with an abundance of technique and a conviction challenging enough to take him to success . |
| 11 | The doors juddered open to reveal him waiting to greet us . |
| 12 | At least , I am sure he has enough to recommend him , should — should any female be inclined to consider him in that light . ’ |
| 13 | The worrying thing for other World Cup teams next summer is that , if and when Maradona recovers his best form — and he will most likely do so in June — then the rest of the Argentina side looks ready to set him up for another stupendous tournament . |
| 14 | His response to this rejection is as flat as his reaction to the massive demonstration which Keith has earlier persuaded him to join against the Vietnam War . |
| 15 | The first is that since the person against whom the powers are being improperly exercised is entitled to resist such use , he is in principle entitled to know sufficient to enable him to make a judgment about whether it would be right to do so . |
| 16 | ‘ Foreigner , like , ’ said Archie , forthcoming on account of the fact that Sergeant Joe still looked ready to do him grievous bodily harm . |
| 17 | I would have given much to meet him at Elsfield during one of his fleeting visits : indeed there was no one I would have been more interested to meet . |
| 18 | Like one of the marauding buccaneers who used to terrorise the Mediterranean coasts , he could have taken her there and then , and she could have done little to stop him . |
| 19 | He made friends easily and after his wife died there seemed little to keep him tied to his home area . |
| 20 | Mr Wilson says this gave him a different approach as well as a wider experience of business . |
| 21 | Whoever had done this wished him harm . |
| 22 | She seemed embarrassed to see him . |
| 23 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 24 | His style of writing caused some to accuse him of rationalism . |
| 25 | And anyway , if somebody is too forthright and says what he really thinks you might feel impelled to hit him with a brick . |
| 26 | So long as the receiver is in the driving seat neither the owners nor the unsecured creditors can do much to remove him . |
| 27 | It seemed impossible to convince him that anyone was in any danger . |
| 28 | It seemed pointless to let him go on reproaching himself . |
| 29 | Centralizing revenue collection and publishing the empire 's accounts had won Reitern the respect of financial experts , but had not done much to earn him the applause of the community at large . |
| 30 | It seemed imperative to tell him the truth . |