Example sentences of "him on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His brother Gavin frets him , and he has a longing for Gavin 's wife , together with a more urgent one for a teacher at the school , Alison Houston , who could be felt to lead him on a bit but does n't want to have a ‘ relationship ’ with him . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , and I suppose he took you with him on his rounds , did he ? |
| 3 | You can see him on BBC1 's Garden Party , Mondays 12pm . |
| 4 | This corkscrews the opponent backwards over his supporting leg and dumps him on the mat . |
| 5 | He was entirely suited to enjoy the hospitality at the Castle , to relish Sir John 's venison and cranberry sauce and compliment him on the beauty of his larches . |
| 6 | He recalled his uncles , ‘ tall and solemn , ’ standing behind them , patting him on the shoulder affectionately ; neighbours and friends behind them , and the factory workers taking their own , lowlier places . |
| 7 | He could no longer keep his eyes open to watch any one of the Thrill-a-Minute videos which , until quite recently , would have kept him on the edge of his seat . |
| 8 | He looked up at her and smiled and she lay down with him on the grass in the sun . |
| 9 | God will call her to Him on the Day of judgment , asking ‘ Where is the daughter who had pity on her earthly father , the filthy drunkard , and was undismayed by his beastliness ? ’ |
| 10 | The narrative maximizes Stepan 's vulnerability , perching him on a platform amid the malcontents and troublemakers and the much larger number of those humble , obscure people who are enduring more or less passively the chaos of the fête . |
| 11 | While it 's true that nobody does any work in The Possessed except delivering babies , and true also that Stepan Verkhovensky flowers into a veritable presiding genius of sloth in the guise of footling bustle , nevertheless the reader 's heart is not with Mrs Stavrogin , Stepan 's patroness , when she hisses at him on his deathbed ‘ you futile , futile , ignoble , chickenhearted , always , always futile man ’ . |
| 12 | Churchill demanded that all ideas be submitted to him on a half-sheet of paper ; he was frequently insensitive , a bad judge of character , and a sucker for flamboyant charlatans ; intensely loyal , he demanded uncritical loyalty in return . |
| 13 | Britain 's longest-serving unconvicted prisoner , Lorrain Esme Osman , who has spent nearly four years in custody pending attempts by Hong Kong to extradite him on fraud charges , asked the High Court to rule that he was being held unlawfully . |
| 14 | If the result was not one for Graham Turner to celebrate on the third anniversary of his takeover at Wolves , the manner of their performance should certainly cheer him on his 42nd birthday today . |
| 15 | Within minutes , the Austrian goalkeeper , Franz Wohlfahrt , was being pelted with missiles , including 5ft iron bars torn from the perimeter fence , one of which appeared to hit him on the back . |
| 16 | When one quiet weekend this February Mr Grosz left the country on a short trip to Switzerland , little did he know what would await him on his return . |
| 17 | Police were sent to arrest him on a charge of attempted murder , but in the ensuing melee the Rajah was shot dead . |
| 18 | To win , you must throw your opponent , ideally on his back ; or dispose of him on the ground with an armlock , strangle or 30 second hold . |
| 19 | He takes first place in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez , although Alain Prost comes third to keep him on course for Senna 's title . |
| 20 | The agent told Mr Rundle that she had to check his ‘ card rating ’ and put him on hold — to the accompaniment of taped music . |
| 21 | The other flights Lendl has in mind are the erratic ones which transport him on their excursions to the net in his long quest to win the Wimbledon title . |
| 22 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 23 | Those who briefed him on the successful Los Angeles bid — Manchester retains the same American consultants — reported similar problems . |
| 24 | It finished ( as a bowler ) the former Derbyshire player , Fred Swarbrook , who gave up the unequal struggle when , peering frantically around to see where a delivery had gone , he found out only when the ball dropped out of the stratosphere and hit him on top of the head . |
| 25 | But Lord Aldington insisted : ‘ I most definitely saw him on May 25 and I remember having dinner with him on two successive nights around this time . |
| 26 | But Lord Aldington insisted : ‘ I most definitely saw him on May 25 and I remember having dinner with him on two successive nights around this time . |
| 27 | In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together . |
| 28 | She bit him on his shoulder and grabbed his testicles . |
| 29 | ‘ Changed days , Piper ! ’ remarked Jimmy , as I sat down beside him on a bale of hay . |
| 30 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |