Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] him [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fought their attempts to carry him out with the strength of one possessed . |
| 2 | But I have n't the heart to drive him back to the warren . |
| 3 | Sinn Fein failed in an attempt to co-opt him on to the council on Wednesday night . |
| 4 | This consisted of enrolling one 's child in a private playschool , which sent a car to pick him up in the morning and deposit him back on his own doorstep in the late afternoon . |
| 5 | Was it a two-way respect — had the two got their heads together and decided it might be beneficial to Travis to send him out of the country for a short while ? |
| 6 | Adams benefited from the tailenders ' intention to belt him out of the ground , taking three of the last five wickets for final figures of four for 43 from 21.4 overs . |
| 7 | Theda opened her mouth to blister him out of the torment that consumed her … and paused , arrested by the look in his face . |
| 8 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
| 9 | I dashed out down the street to the pub to get him round to the cottage before Mr Vulcan changed his mind . |
| 10 | The fascination of this book is in its clear-sighted debunking of the myths which many have fondly mistaken for historical truth : that Columbus was really aiming for Asia , that he and his sailors thought the world was flat , that Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to finance his trips and came down with her husband to wave him off from the docks , or even ( a fondly-cherished delusion ) that these were journeys of discovery rather than intentional acquisition and expansion of the Spanish empire . |
| 11 | Even if it was n't quite enough finesse to keep him out of the loony bin . |
| 12 | But Mr Donnellan claimed they wanted him to admit a lesser charge to get him out of the college quietly . |
| 13 | Now my Lord the defendants say of course , that they were never asked by the plaintiff to get him out of the contract so that the duty er never arose . |
| 14 | The next day Creed asked Jed to drive him out to the Crumbles . |
| 15 | This , of course , has provided an extra excuse for the highly protective Kinnocks to keep him out of the firing line . |
| 16 | Pat 's Jester 's defeat at Haydock yesterday has led Corals to take him out of the King George betting . |
| 17 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 18 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 19 | There were connections there , safe houses where he could hole up for a week or more , while his American friends made arrangements to get him out of the country and into free Europe . |
| 20 | James , a £1.3million signing from Watford , looked set for a long run but his mistakes have persuaded Souness to take him out of the spotlight . |
| 21 | Then he allowed Viola to show him out to the landing . |
| 22 | Er , the second issue is did the plaintiff , Mr ask Peter to get him out of the contract between exchange and completion er that is clearly in dispute but if he did then the further issue is this , were the defendants in breach of contract in failing to advise the plaintiffs at a stage as to the effects of national condition of sale twenty two two and a way out of the contract which was open to him . |
| 23 | Surely the man had enough sense to take him over to the other corner , where aged Chevrolets lay wearily beside battered Valiants , motorbikes and scooters . |
| 24 | Doyle jerked at Tug 's arms to bring him round to the table . |
| 25 | It wo n't have escaped anybody 's attention that the Indian spinner Anil Kumble rose to the dizzy heights of No 3 in the world thanks to the vain attempts of Robin Smith and Co to fathom him out during the disastrous tour of the subcontinent . |
| 26 | Possibly a convenient excuse to get him out of the team , the way he 's playing at the moment ? |
| 27 | Her mind worried the problem of where would he find lodgings , how could she summon the strength to put him out of the only refuge he had ? |
| 28 | Although the DIA clearly had plans for him , it was evidently in no hurry to send him back to the Middle East . |
| 29 | ‘ If it were possible for the Football League to kick him out of the club , that 's what I want . |
| 30 | At first they refused ; the Shah thought that the Americans were using Sadat to get him out of the country . |