Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father was the sweetest man in the world and there was nothing I could fight him for , or do against him , or he against me , because nothing was said that I did n't agree with , or he did n't agree with , because I was a very easy child . |
| 2 | ‘ You want to learn somethin' wot 'll make him happy ? ’ |
| 3 | When his wife died he began to look around for another ; someone who would give him the children he needed . |
| 4 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 5 | But once at the School , in his own place and with his daily occupation , he began to think again of this dream woman , and added to the old notion of what she should be , which Diana had personified , was an idea of her as his rescuer , as someone who would save him and make him whole again . |
| 6 | He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message . |
| 7 | If the message contains the word ‘ Secure ’ , that means the words following make up the introductory identification of someone who will contact him and give him orders . |
| 8 | I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too . |
| 9 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 10 | Desperately Leith racked her brains , but there was nothing she could tell him , only the truth . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's nothing we can charge him with , Home Secretary , ’ Cramer reported to the Minister early next morning . |
| 12 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |
| 13 | I read to him , and talked to him , and did everything I could to make him comfortable . |
| 14 | ‘ I was doing everything I could to keep him because of the jobs in the area . ’ |
| 15 | Well that 's something somebody could get him . |
| 16 | Speaking to people nicely may well have been William Charles 's greatest worldly asset , one which would enable him to make a living in the great metropolis , for all his lack of more specific skills . |
| 17 | Managing director and major shareholder Peter Kemmis Betty has been appointed president — a non-executive position but one which will enable him to concentrate on editorial areas , chess and archaeology , in which he has a particular interest . |
| 18 | Okay , if he needs a blank one you can give him yours . |
| 19 | Nor have I any wish to see him caught by one who would drag him back to the city lights . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He wants an heir but not one who would disinherit him presumably . |
| 21 | I was the one who would help him back to bed , I was the one who would read lines to him in the morning before he went on the set . ’ |
| 22 | He would marry another heiress , she knew that quite well , almost certainly one who would take him for his title , regardless of his character and conduct . |
| 23 | Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three-times the wages for the privilege . |
| 24 | Mr William Waldegrave , Britain 's cabinet minister in charge of science , has offered a bottle of decent champagne to one who can tell him why the Higgs boson is worth finding ( see page 781 ) . |
| 25 | Durance himself may manage something once in a while , but there is no one who can help him achieve those masterpieces in the way that Jourdain did . |
| 26 | It 's just that I 'm the only one who can see him . |
| 27 | By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ . |
| 28 | We will do everything we can to help him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What you laying down there for ? — We got to find something we can reach him with , something he can hold on to . ’ |
| 30 | They were happy , I think , that I had found such a good friend , and did everything they could to make him feel at home . |