Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] him " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The good lady thought that he was shy , and constantly twitted him to bring him into the talk ; Paul hoped that she would get over it as the days passed , and this proved to be the case . |
| 2 | She just knew she had to see the woman who held Timothy 's heart and perhaps persuade her to set him free . |
| 3 | The rasping noise was quite upsetting but when he did n't make it I gently shook him to make him breathe again and I did n't feel that I could relax , let alone sleep , for one minute . |
| 4 | I 'm only doing it to wind him up . |
| 5 | ‘ I only ask you to help him , when I 'm gone . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She only did it to take him off you , ’ Nick said . |
| 7 | It would only confuse him to tell him the truth . |
| 8 | When dinner was over he liked Diana enough to ask her to show him the 115-foot-long picture gallery which then housed one of the finest private collections of art in Europe . |
| 9 | I kept waving to Mike but he took no notice , and if I hang about here Otley will only ask me to fetch him a slice of ox and then I shall be sick . |
| 10 | His name is Peter Davenport and it just amazed me to watch him . ’ |
| 11 | He had already asked her to marry him . |
| 12 | My boyfriend has just asked me to marry him and we are just about to break the good news to our families . |
| 13 | In November 1819 the poverty of Kitto 's family finally forced them to send him to the workhouse , where he was set to learn shoe making . |
| 14 | He deftly turned her to face him , and took her in his arms , drawing her close because of the crowds . |
| 15 | I think I left the Bench at least with an impression that they had someone very special to deal with , I was , of course , all the time praying that no one for the police would ask for his Conduct Sheet , which they overlooked after making a dutiful response to the Bench , and I hurried away to be met outside the Court by Stewart , who at once asked me to lend him a pound . |
| 16 | I know that though I 've shown you the photograph you still want me to describe him to you , this Boy of ours . |
| 17 | But God still wants us to obey Him . |
| 18 | He lives in the same town and it still hurts her to see him . |
| 19 | So to catch him taking advantage of Sarah 's desperation like that shocked her far too deeply to allow her to tax him with it directly . |
| 20 | Love and nature both advised her to have him without thinking of complications , to delight in passion without considering future pain . |
| 21 | Did you honestly expect me to let him go out there and die alone ? |
| 22 | Did he honestly expect her to believe him ? |
| 23 | Now that he 'd told her he wanted the club , Adam would probably expect her to keep him at a wary arm 's length . |
| 24 | Dolphins not only guided the god of the sea , Poseidon , to his lover Amphitrite , but also persuaded her to marry him . |
| 25 | PC Dickens would probably find something to arrest him for if he was n't nice about all this rubbish . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , if Mr Boldwood really asked you to marry him , I 'm not going to contradict that , just to please you . ’ |
| 27 | He does not really expect her to love him , and when she does it has to be total . |
| 28 | Pry now asks you to advise him about a house he wants to buy . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know ; we are here to guard him to prevent him escaping . |
| 30 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |