Example sentences of "[verb] to him by [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 2 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 3 | He was n't shocked by what he had been told ; he was astonished that it should have been said to him by his own daughter . |
| 4 | Scouse would give you time and date according to information supplied to him by his previous customers . |
| 5 | M E Tralbaut recounts the story of Vincent 's actual departure from Belgium 's black country , as told to him by his old friend Louis Piérard , who knew the widow of the pastor of Warquignies well . |
| 6 | The Daily Mirror apologises to Mr O'Connor and regrets any embarrassment or inconvenience caused to him by our original report . |
| 7 | Is it not astonishing that the Secretary of State , having made a decision on 15 Para , can not or will not answer the pertinent points put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Hillhead ( Mr. Galloway ) and the hon. Member for Glasgow , Govan ( Mr. Sillars ) ? |
| 8 | That is not to say that the Minister has not left questions unanswered , not least the one just put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) . |
| 9 | The Clarion 's offices were small and dingy , but despite this , and the fact that it only appeared once a week , the magazine had a large and growing circulation because of the crusading character of its editor , J. D. O'Connor , who had been a leading journalist with the Morning Post before he had struck out on his own , financed by money left to him by his land-owning father . |