Example sentences of "[vb -s] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Another requirement is firefighting and first aid so my BP training has come in handy , ’ added Robin , whose wife , Denise , now joins him at the track — as a flag marshal . |
| 2 | Great Britain skipper Garry Schofield is still out with a hamstring injury and Kiwi Mercer joins him with a damaged ankle . |
| 3 | GINA MORRIS joins him for a big breakfast . |
| 4 | The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet . |
| 5 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 6 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 7 | This pits him against dance , ragga , and hip hop beats . |
| 8 | In the Phaedo , Socrates praises Anaxagoras for saying that the world must be explained by reference to mind , and then criticizes him for not acting on the principle that he recommends . |
| 9 | Of Man , whose mother stands Him in her arm . |
| 10 | Then the orderly beats him over the head , pumps a couple of .38 's into Mahoney with a silenced gun , turns round and walks out . |
| 11 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |
| 12 | A ‘ light from heaven ’ allegedly knocks him from his horse and ‘ a voice ’ , issuing from no perceptible source , demands of him : ‘ Saul , Saul , why are you persecuting me ? ’ |
| 13 | An exception is made in this instance because the policeman 's task in maintaining law and order exposes him to a greater risk of attack than other members of the public . |
| 14 | Alternatively , a person may place himself in a dangerous position which exposes him to the risk of involvement in the accident in which he is harmed . |
| 15 | On his saint 's day she summons him into her inmost boudoir , dismisses her girls , permits him to braid her hair and for a moment to fondle her breasts . |
| 16 | Communism not only declares that God is dead but savagely tears him to pieces . |
| 17 | Exhaustion strips him of his senses . |
| 18 | The pope acknowledges Oswiu 's conversion to orthodoxy and the Roman Easter , thanks him for the gifts he has sent but grieves that the bearer of these gifts had died in Rome , and regrets that he has not been able at the time of writing to find someone suitable to send as Wigheard 's replacement . |
| 19 | He interrogates everyone : a Rouen merchant who amazes him by not having heard of mint sauce , and a canon of Evreux who informs him that in France the men read too much , while the women read next to nothing ( o rarer still Emma Bovary ! ) . |
| 20 | Cos his dad has him on a mon on a morning from nine till twelve so |
| 21 | Yet still Jacob has him in his grip , and the mysterious assailant begs him to let him go ‘ for the day is breaking ’ . |
| 22 | If it is windy Tracey will not risk taking him on the roads , and instead exercises him in the school , but she never jumps him . |
| 23 | Especially now that his grandfather is no longer as robust as he once was , and needs him at Arrancay . ’ |
| 24 | When one player meets another he challenges him by saying , ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 25 | If someone wants to become a shareholder and the company wants him to , he will be entered on the register and issued with a share certificate without more ado . |
| 26 | I think you 'll find he wants him to be the best player in Scotland and NOT England |
| 27 | Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down . |
| 28 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 29 | She 's taking advantage of him , she only wants him for his money . |
| 30 | If she makes sure she is looking good , feeling good , working well , she has a better chance of taking a cool look at him from a distance and deciding if she really wants him in her life . |