Example sentences of "that [indef pn] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a mental shrug she tried to ensure she kept up , knowing that nothing irritated him more than to be kept waiting even a second when he was in this mood . |
| 2 | He had no really bad faults but you had to be careful that nothing startled him , such as a bird suddenly rising , and on one occasion he did bolt . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's so strong that nothing stops him , ’ commented his trainer , Lucy Wadham . |
| 4 | He confessed that everyone trusted him now , as they had done in the old days . |
| 5 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |
| 6 | It could have been that someone forced him down , and held his face under . |
| 7 | The distinction has to be noted ( because traditionally thinking in criminal law seems to regard it as important ) between a request by the patient that treatment be discontinued which is complied with and a request by the patient that someone stabs him to death which is complied with . |
| 8 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 9 | One guest at the Hotel Bucharest , which saw fierce fighting in the initial stages and now stands deserted , has complained that nobody believed him when he pointed out the leader of the Securitate fighters . |
| 10 | He had become aware that nobody recognized him . |
| 11 | I can find no evidence that anyone accompanied him or that anyone met him here . ’ |
| 12 | I can find no evidence that anyone accompanied him or that anyone met him here . ’ |