Example sentences of "[vb base] he [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forgive him for seeing it differently . |
| 2 | Here the testee is presented with a set of questions or checklists which steer him into trying to think carefully about his own interests . |
| 3 | Nor did his investment in the Virginia Company prevent him from advocating a total ban on tobacco imports . |
| 4 | The [ draft ] FRS therefore requires that the facilities must be committed and that there must be no reasons expected or likely which would either permit the lender to avoid his obligation to provide new borrowings or prevent him from providing them . |
| 5 | He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface . |
| 6 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |
| 7 | In some species the male will also take an active part in egg care , in other the female will reject him and prevent him from attending to the eggs . |
| 8 | It should be remembered that there are other provisions which could in certain circumstances prevent him from doing so ( see Chapter 5 above ) . |
| 9 | But , if the refusal or the conditions prevent him from obtaining ‘ reasonably beneficial use ’ of the land , he can serve a purchase notice . |
| 10 | This would help expand Moby 's loyalties and prevent him from becoming too dependent on his main daytime companion . |
| 11 | However , his current commitments prevent him from giving time to the forum . |
| 12 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 13 | He seized her shoulders , but her hands came up to hold his wrists and prevent him from pulling her close . |
| 14 | It does not , however , prevent him from saying that now , in this tract — this is from the doctrine and discipline of divorce — ‘ The duty and right of an instructed Christian calls me , through the chance of good or even report , to be the sole advocate of a discountenanced truth . |
| 15 | For this , the physiotherapist usually sits in front of the patient on a stool , in order to stabilize his pelvis and prevent him from folding in the middle . |
| 16 | The need to do this could arise when time and space prevent him from having immediate contact with his source of succour , as would occur for example , on hunting expeditions . |
| 17 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 18 | ‘ Would a thing like this stop him from staying in power ? ’ |
| 19 | But the hag keeps up her terrifying noise , her writhing and screaming , to pin down the youth 's attention , stop him from pursuing Ariel , and she succeeds , he can not bear the sound of her hissing and shrieking another moment . |
| 20 | She looked up into his face , fighting back the urge to reach out her hand and stop him from going . |
| 21 | They are meant to appeal to Tamburlaine 's humanity and hopefully stop him from plundering the town . |
| 22 | There are apparently further charges to be put to him your worship the charge of theft and we charge him with handling stolen property . |
| 23 | The sergeant instructed him to take him into the police station and charge him with taking a vehicle without consent — the offence as complete by moving it thirty yards . |
| 24 | One minute you say trustfully that he contains only soya meal and the next you suspect him of harbouring chunks of minced-up nameless anatomy . |
| 25 | What you must do is help him forget ; plunge him in business as your father would have done ; save him from ruining the rest of his life hunting for vengeance . ’ |
| 26 | Tools with extra long handles save him from having to bend over too far , which might undermine his balance . |
| 27 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 28 | She ignored Francis 's frankly suggestive eyebrows — damn him for knowing her ! |
| 29 | And damn him for daring to pry into my affairs and for subtly mocking my singular state ! |
| 30 | ‘ So that you can overpower Jimmy , or talk him into giving you a gun back ? |