Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | His rare combination of mechanical and drawing skills enabled him to find work quickly , soon becoming works manager at Bramahs , and by 1815 he was chief draughtsman at Maudslay , Sons & Field . |
| 2 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 3 | Beth stood before him now , a dignified creature , her slim shapely figure taut with anger , her wild brown hair loose to her shoulders , and her dark flashing eyes daring him . |
| 4 | She batted her lashes , laughed at Calder 's jokes , found reasons to touch him . |
| 5 | However , where any person holds proxies requiring him to vote for the appointment of himself as trustee , he may use those proxies and vote accordingly ( r 8.6(1) ) . |
| 6 | After losing power and suffering a humiliating defeat in the 1988 elections , he had little more than a spoiling role , thwarting attempts to dislodge him from the presidency of the Pakistan Moslem League , Pakistan 's oldest political party . |
| 7 | Searelle invited artistes to contact him by first writing to John , who thus became responsible for their standards . |
| 8 | Gassendi had suggested that it shows improper pride for a person who has feet to take him where he wants to go to ‘ yearn to fly like the birds ’ . |
| 9 | Knox was invited to return ; but when he reached Dieppe , he found messages telling him that the time was not ripe . |
| 10 | That would limit his amusements , but nevertheless he was confident in his ability to find purposes to suit him , enthusiasms to pursue , people to relish … |
| 11 | One note of warning : if you think of Sherlock Holmes as being an historical figure ( and it 's hard not to , so lifelike was Conan Doyle 's portrayal ) do n't try to write stories bringing him to life again . |
| 12 | As his wife has a broad range of interests , he instinctively knows she has things to teach him , so he needs her even more at this time in his life than ever before . |
| 13 | Hunt Saboteurs want him sacked |
| 14 | He does not claim to offer us some ‘ truth ’ separable from himself , but challenges men to recognise him as the one who is the truth , and the truth into which we too are brought out of our own untruthfulness when we recognise who he is . |
| 15 | The rebel or traitor was a destabilising influence , whose bad example might tempt others to emulate him . |
| 16 | He wants residents to help him gather a mountain of cans , aluminium or tin , to be recycled on May 6 . |
| 17 | Venables , who also dismissed reports linking him with jobs in Spain , said : ‘ I 've spoken to the players and suggested they do n't get further involved they 've shown their support . |
| 18 | One of the " infiltrators " was subsequently shot dead by an IDF patrol ; according to Israeli reports , the dead gunmen had carried documents identifying him as a member of Hamas and of the Jordanian Popular Army . |
| 19 | The Doctor 's well honed instincts warned him . |
| 20 | Outside , Ben was barking for Marie to go and chuck sticks fur him . |
| 21 | None are so efficient in obtaining specimens as the naked black , whose noiseless and gliding steps enable him to steel upon it unheard and unperceived , and with a gun in his hand he rarely allows it to escape , and in many instances , he will even kill it with his own weapons . ’ |
| 22 | MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston . |
| 23 | It is a pity that Fforde 's determination to present the Conservative party as decided individualists prevented him from exploring the confusion in the Conservative ranks indicated by his evidence . |
| 24 | His herd numbered up to 200 head , including working bullocks used on the estates until local prejudice combined with shoeing difficulties encouraged him to abandon them for working horses . |
| 25 | Have you made arrangements to meet him ? |
| 26 | He would cajole , flatter and persuade congressmen to support him by using his wide knowledge of their attitudes , constituencies , prejudices and personal backgrounds . |
| 27 | As William slid the bolts the doors suddenly swung violently outwards , throwing him off balance , and before he could recover two heavily built men pinned him against the office wall . |
| 28 | In Tsarist Russia , icons were often placed in railway-station waiting-rooms and in Greece there were shrines at stations where the traveller could light candles to protect him on his journey . |
| 29 | It provoked charges of authoritarianism and encouraged attempts to replace him . |
| 30 | The latest sighting of Hamilton-Jones at the Kelvin Hall prompted Ward to report yesterday that senior officials would meet quickly to discuss methods to prevent him from competing . |