Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] him [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not understand what he meant , and wanted to hear more about Céline , so I encouraged him to finish the story . |
| 2 | Few of his ministers are saying , even in private , that they expect him to lose the next election . |
| 3 | ‘ … directly reminiscent of the existence of the individual in infancy before he could talk readily , when everyone was bigger and stronger , when chairs and tables were mountainous and had sharp injurious edges , when he could flood the dark universe with light if someone lifted him to press the switch , but when usually his greatest efforts were ineffectual to change anything . |
| 4 | Convention , technique , and an empathy with the popular mind all went into the perfecting of the Chaplin act and it was these things that enabled him to become Sennett 's most accomplished pupil and which allowed him to create the cinema 's most appealing and most universal symbol . |
| 5 | ( There were times when he got in great positions and you wanted him to hammer the ball , but he 'd end up doing a sort of ‘ clip ’ shot . ) |
| 6 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work perhaps better than anyone . |
| 7 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work better than anyone . |
| 8 | She said nothing , but hungrily returned to the carrion to take what more she could , as if she expected him to take the rest from her . |
| 9 | You must release him from the command ; if you allow him to break the command on his own , you are effectively untraining him . |
| 10 | He told the citizens of Clermont , and they advised him to buy the office . |
| 11 | He had learned that lesson as a child , when the others had laughed at him , and they sent him to see the school shrink . |
| 12 | For the dealer who did want a good price , the procedure became a matter of negotiation , and it paid him to buy the market-maker a drink sometimes . |
| 13 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 14 | The doorman watched his visitor as if he expected him to steal the light fittings . |
| 15 | It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . |
| 16 | Freud 's model of the collective evolution of some parts of humanity from archaic responses , found in religions , to more rational and reality-based responses , found in science and technology , may be little more than a description of what has happened , but it enables him to avoid the position of cultural relativism and its logical extension — nihilism . |
| 17 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 18 | Then he understood that she was not going to help him , because she wanted him to make the choice . |
| 19 | Furthermore , the window of his college bedroom was cherished in his memory because it enabled him to see the Antechapel of Trinity College , |
| 20 | Picturesque asymmetry appealed to him because it enabled him to allow the logical sequence of the rooms and considerations of service and privacy to determine the entire plan from of the house without any unnecessary duplication of accommodation . |
| 21 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 22 | ‘ Turn around , ’ she suggested , her hand on his arm as she steered him to face the big window . |
| 23 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 24 | housekeeping money for he wants him to learn the , the value of money |