Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] any [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with his defence protecting him from any direct shots , Prudhoe steadily recovered , and he excelled himself after 69 minutes when Noel Blake powered a header goalwards from only six yards , but the indisputable player of the season somehow threw himself along his line to scramble the ball away . |
| 2 | They guaranteed to indemnify him against any financial loss . |
| 3 | He 'd helped her through a bad patch and she 'd been grateful , but she 'd never really considered him in any other light . |
| 4 | His crown of thorns wounded him like any other victim of torture . |
| 5 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 6 | You hear about the times of good King Hal , and the rather implausible suggestion that he wrote ‘ Greensleeves ’ , but I do n't see him in any romantic light at all . |
| 7 | I could n't keep him to any particular point — he kept slipping from one subject to another without seeming to realize it . ’ |
| 8 | The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it illegal for an LEA or governors to discriminate on the grounds of colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality against a pupil — ‘ by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment ’ ( section 17(c) ( ii ) ) . |
| 9 | He wrote to his insurance company claiming that his personal liability policy covered him against any possible damages . |
| 10 | It was purchased because the sound of the river made reaching him by any other means quite impossible . |
| 11 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 12 | They manhandled Mr Reagan to the side of the stage and pounced on his attacker , forcing him over the podium to check him for any possible weapons before dragging him away . |
| 13 | a dilettante artist , a protégé of John Jarndyce 's who affects a childlike gaiety and simplicity but is really a shameless sponger ; his apparent innocence of worldly concerns is sedulously fostered to relieve him of any common responsibilities . |
| 14 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 15 | All attempts to please him in any other way are mere mockery , and insults to the things by which you endeavour to do so . |
| 16 | You can not attack an ‘ enemy ’ unless you know where in his environment you can find him at any given time , and the best techniques , properly applied , are needed to bring about his downfall . |