Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | Things , however , came to a head one day when a veterinary surgeon on his rounds , in a regulation Volvo estate , was alarmed to see Noddy tearing towards him on the wrong side of the road , in hot pursuit of a Transit van . |
| 3 | It was n't a conscious move on her part , and yet , once open to his erotically roving tongue , she was helpless to do anything except melt against him with a low moan as the same desire as yesterday curled through her stomach . |
| 4 | ‘ It would n't be wise to communicate with him in the usual way while he 's there . ’ |
| 5 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 6 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 7 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 8 | This special tribute in WWF News attempts , however inadequately , to give WWF supporters and staff a picture of what Peter 's many qualities and leadership skills meant to some of those who have been privileged to work with him in a great adventure . |
| 9 | Just as he disagreed with him about the essential or principal properties of body , Locke disagreed with Descartes about the mind . |
| 10 | Black fury rose in him against the evil creature who was leeching Ireland of her youth , but Nuadu quenched it , lest the Robemaker turn it to his use . |
| 11 | His most effective action so far has been to deflect the corruption allegations by recruiting Spain 's ‘ Mr Clean ’ to stand alongside him as a Socialist candidate . |
| 12 | He watched her dab her cheeks , then wipe her eyes , his heart torn from him by the tiny shudder she gave . |
| 13 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 14 | It had come to him as a blinding revelation when he was but a small child . |
| 15 | And then he was passing beneath the huge , towering Gates , and he saw how they stretched above him into infinity , and he felt the timelessness of the great Prison descend on him like a huge , unseen weight . |
| 16 | This weighed on him like an inactive dreadnought suit of combat armour , imprisoning him ; and he sought his enhanced clarity , as it were , to restore power to that suit . |
| 17 | I stopped beside him as the other three went on ahead . |
| 18 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 19 | His qualities as a Christian king are extolled in a letter addressed to him by a certain Aurelian , who was once identified with the bishop of Arles of that name . |
| 20 | Part II requested the Secretary-General to report to the next ( 46th ) session on the recommendations addressed to him by the Intergovernmental Expert Group to Study the Economic and Social Consequences of Illicit Traffic in Drugs convened under Resolution 44/142 of Dec. 15 , 1989 [ see p. 37434 ] . |
| 21 | The Collector of Taxes in Glasgow in 1831 was one Blair , and the Loyal Reformers ' Gazette , a radical publication of the time , has a letter addressed to him in the following terms : |
| 22 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 23 | The headmaster looks at him with a firm but caring gaze . |
| 24 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 25 | On the other hand , now he thought about it — that was one of the advantages of taking time out to think things through — there had been occasions when she had looked at him in a special way which made him think that she might not reject him . |
| 26 | Appeal from a decision of Macnaghten J. on the further consideration of an action tried by him with a special jury . |
| 27 | Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ . |
| 28 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 29 | As Mr Mansell hesitated , Emerson Fittipaldi from Brazil and Arie Luyendyk from Holland zoomed past him on the main straight . |
| 30 | Biggs is of the opinion that Mason would be unlikely to survive more than a couple of rounds against the world heavyweight champion and at this stage it would be unwise to even think of him as a genuine contender . |