Example sentences of "him [prep] get " in BNC.

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1 I was angry at the system , and at him for getting into trouble .
2 He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted .
3 ‘ Why do n't you ask him about getting into bed with Neil Kinnock ?
4 In reply , Gorbachev in his Oct. 19 Supreme Soviet address lashed out at Yeltsin , accusing him of getting " carried away trying to mount a show of strength " by demanding creation of a radical coalition government .
5 We 've got future plans for him like getting him up on his feet and walk short distances with full-length calipers
6 ALTHOUGH Chelsea players wo n't be scrawling ‘ Dave Bassett is innocent , OK ’ along the Kings Road , they will help him against get off allegations of obscene behaviour .
7 So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted .
8 That way we 'll keep him from getting between us and the Ridgery . ’
9 even prevented him from getting to the outside privy ( ‘ Jericho ’ ) must have been severe indeed …
10 It had been a very unhappy time for him , especially since he knew that his advancing years prevented him from getting a job as a carman .
11 Bishop levelled his gun , but Tiw prevented him from getting a clear view of the target .
12 Karr reached out and held his arm , preventing him from getting up .
13 She put a freckled multi-ringed hand on the car door , effectively barring him from getting back in. ‘ 'T IS a sad thing about poor Matthew and no mistake !
14 The first is that George shot Lennie to stop him from getting in to more trouble .
15 It keeps him from getting bored .
16 At dinner one evening , we were congratulating him on getting the job and he mentioned this educational remit and that he had no idea what to do .
17 Toby appeared at my elbow in very quick time — nobody was more expert than him at getting served quickly in a crowded bar — with an extra-large glass of Scotch and a mineral water for me , my habitual drink when I was working .
18 It might be supposed that to injure him by getting deeply into his debt sufficed to satisfy any unfriendly feelings they might entertain towards him .
19 The Minister surprised him by getting up .
20 ‘ Why jeopardize what he had going for him by getting greedy ?
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