Example sentences of "him [adv prt] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ , why had AD let him in for this ? |
| 2 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 3 | It had taken so long … it had taken two young ensigns , a native pensioner and a Eurasian clerk to lift him up to this platform , and now he would have to get himself down again ! |
| 4 | I was never able to take him up on this kindness , alas , since he and half the drugs squad were themselves arrested a few days later . |
| 5 | And what would his heart tell him about the gods , who had singled him out for this fate ? |
| 6 | Our attempts to talk him out of this merely provoked his scorn . |
| 7 | Hendrix had just managed to squeeze his way into the '70s when the Grim Reaper of rock 'n' roll dragged him out of this world , leaving only the man 's music and ‘ wild man ’ image behind for future generations to remember him by . |
| 8 | He got his way in most things , had despotically guided Stephen 's life , had chosen Lyn for him , before that had picked him out of this school , pushed him into that , as soon as he could removed him altogether from academic threat . |
| 9 | Say me a word , one enlightening word , to let him out of this cage . |
| 10 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 11 | He said , I 'll catch him out on this one . |
| 12 | ‘ We ca n't throw him out in this kind of weather . ’ |