Example sentences of "him [adv] [adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Seve you 're sticking your neck out telling him how far it is to the green . |
| 2 | He stopped above a man who was painting the superstructure of his boat and asked him how far it was to the sea . |
| 3 | There has been no opportunity to find books or pictures on that sort of thing , and in fact we do n't have any books on China apart from the Nagel 's guide which we brought with us , and please tell when you see him how useful it is . |
| 4 | Why had no one told him how marvellous it was ? |
| 5 | She had prepared so many ways of telling him how accidental it had been , how only the thought that he was safe in France had made her bold enough . |
| 6 | Another mentor Laing remembers with affection was George Miller , who was the sales manager at the London factory , who taught him how important it was to have ‘ a main thrust ’ in a business . |
| 7 | I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own . |
| 8 | In the autumn of 1751 , for example , Alexander Hume Campbell , the brother of the Earl of Marchmont , and member of parliament for Berwickshire , wrote to Lord Anson , the First Lord of the Admiralty , telling him how important it was to his interest that Lieutenant James Home should be made a post-captain , and reminding Lord Anson that this favour had already been promised to Lord Marchmont during a conversation in the House of Lords . |
| 9 | But she really must send Charlie her new address and tell him how peculiar it all was ; about the strange customs , still revered because Nelson had established them ; about rooms which were now cabins , walls which had become bulkheads and a kitchen she must now call a galley . |