Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably the man expected him to add , in the section of the proposal form where you were supposed to talk about your passion for hang-gliding or free-fall parachute jumping , a brief paragraph along the lines of I HAVE ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY AN ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST . |
| 2 | The social worker who took on the referral found him somewhat embarrassed by his present circumstances , and the degree to which he had let himself go . |
| 3 | If hamlet ( or rather the actor playing him ) , catches a frog in his throat during a soliloquy , since one is experiencing a human drama this need n't be in the least distracting — indeed the element of human fallibility and frailty thus introduced could even enhance the impact of the performance ( admittedly it could also be unintentionally quite hilarious ) ! |
| 4 | The authorities sought to break down the mystique surrounding him , and to present him as a common criminal , parading him before 300 journalists on Sept. 24 in an iron cage erected on the patio of the Lima police headquarters . |
| 5 | He is a natural opener , and Paul Terry has dropped down the order to accommodate him . |
| 6 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 7 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 8 | Then , while Leith was again holding down the urge to hit him , and seeing that he 'd prefer not to sack her without just cause — thereby deeply offending his cousin — he had bent and picked up his briefcase . |
| 9 | The judge said during the raid Munn stood in front of the counter and the man who had broken down the screen handed him out the £6,460 from the teller 's cash drawers . |
| 10 | So the man told him to be down there the same time next night and he returned . |
| 11 | So the woman took him in and cared for him . |
| 12 | Usually , it is assumed that Clovis must be the monarch in question , but if so the failure to name him is peculiar : his reputation might have been expected to add lustre to the code . |
| 13 | So the guru asked him : ‘ What is the thing that is dearest to you ? ’ |
| 14 | Yes , something was going on inside her : recently , she was pursued by the idea that her love for Paul was merely a matter of will : merely the will to love him ; merely the will to have a happy marriage . |
| 15 | Only the mouth told him that he looked on the face of his friend . |
| 16 | Only the porters saw him come in , and they wo n't talk ! |
| 17 | He had only a daughter to succeed him and his son-in-law turned out to be a second Michael Chambre , who after Lath 's death ‘ let loose the reins to many disorderly courses , as cocking , raseing , drinking and lewdnesse ’ , so that he too finally lost all and sold Balderton to Robert Hayward , a local yeoman . |
| 18 | Nevertheless the girl answered him more readily than she had the Captain , her gaze fixed on his face . |
| 19 | Soon the path led him down a very steep hillside . |
| 20 | Just the place to arrest him with a minimum of trouble . ’ |
| 21 | While it seems fairly certain that Cemaleddin did not live into Bayezid 's reign , it also seems not impossible that the works were written for Bayezid after about 783/1381 , when it became more nearly connected with Anatolian affairs by taking over the province given him by — or , more correctly , taken from — the Germiyanids as a dowry . |
| 22 | She had not the heart to embarrass him by refusing a request so diffidently expressed . |
| 23 | ‘ I know , I know , it 's early days , as you said — but you 're just not the type to let him go this far if you had any serious doubts . ’ |
| 24 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 25 | This was not the moment to tell him that six people had to put money into a building society for every borrower who took it out , and some of the six must read the paper . |
| 26 | This was not the time to antagonise him , not if she wanted to get home soon and in one piece . |
| 27 | Now 's not the time to cross him ! ’ |
| 28 | Now was not the time to tell him how she had tried to phone her mother , had dialled the number and her father answered . |
| 29 | But now was not the time to tell him . |
| 30 | Compliments and civilities were exchanged briefly — though at far too great a length for the impatient Hope — but finally the landlord left him alone . |