Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] him with [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'ad to hit him with an ornament , and when his fam'ly got back from church 'is wife asked him what 'ad happened to his face .
2 Promises quite often concern the actions of others : to consent to be governed by another is to promise to obey him ; to consent to his joining the expedition is to promise to provide him with the facilities and the help made available to members of the expedition .
3 Since someone tried to kill him with a parcel bomb back in Lusaka , he 's moved several times and today still goes in fear of his life .
4 He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver .
5 He felt hammer blows to his arm before Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver .
6 She and Keith 's distraught fiancee Ann Sole desperately tried to save him with the kiss of life and heart massage .
7 I would gladly say , ‘ Heil Hitler ! ’ and at once part company with him , realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to tlatter him with an imitation which he has always disdained .
8 It is said that a deputation of quarrymen came to see him with a view to getting a trade union recognised .
9 My hon. Friend the Member for Norwich , North ( Mr. Thompson ) is grateful for what has been done to help him with the preservation of his local Anglian Regiment .
10 Yes , while attempting to hit him with a bat .
11 And with Earl Robert the saint condescended to tease him with a paradox !
12 He had made the excuse that he needed to be there to greet the Prince of Wales , but making this pronouncement , which he had previously rehearsed many times , failed to fill him with the satisfaction he had anticipated .
13 So saying , she once again burst into tears and , crossing rapidly to George , threw her arms around his neck and stretching up on her toes , began to kiss him with a fervour which shocked him .
14 For a small fee everyone was invited to spray him with the foam wherever they wanted — and they most certainly did !
15 Bounderby 's mother , a decent hard-working woman who managed to provide him with an education .
16 I offered to supply him with a list of Italian engineers and companies with specialised knowledge in the construction of tunnels through hills .
17 I roll off my own bank , and try to follow him with the pipper .
18 Although Gilgamesh failed in his attempt to be a true god , the other gods took pity on his situation and appeared to comfort him with the news that he would live honoured forever as a shadow in the Underworld .
19 Immediately , Belinda was beside him , reaching up tenderly with one hand while trying to support him with the other .
20 So she tried not to feel envious when Jill Herbert was sent to help him with a lumbar puncture .
21 Dadda would n't have a phone extension upstairs , preferring to summon him with a shout when it rang .
22 The Octobrist party , whose leaders attempted to provide him with a base of support within the Duma , found themselves coming under increasing criticism , and the party fell apart .
23 For the first time I refused to provide him with the refuge he so obviously wanted and the uncritical comfort that he craved .
24 There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea .
25 Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation .
26 The clerk of the court refused to supply him with the names of the lay justices who had decided it , pursuant to a policy which was being adopted by an increasing number of magistrates courts of declining to identify justices to the public or the press .
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