Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones 's modesty prevented him from speaking in public about the full extent of Crawford 's praises . |
| 2 | It was the match against Gillingham ( 4–1 ) on 5 March — 12,000 fans turned up , the band played ‘ For he 's a jolly good fellow ’ and Ted kicked off for us , even though a persistent injury prevented him from playing after New Year 's Day . |
| 3 | Gbagbo said that he was imprisoned in order to disqualify him from standing in presidential elections due in 1995 . |
| 4 | Its left wing accuses him of collaborating with scandal-tainted parties , after he agreed that PDS members should join Mr Ciampi 's government . |
| 5 | If a person is rightly charged with larceny , but the jury in reliance on section 44(3) mistakenly convict him of obtaining by false pretences , the Court of Criminal Appeal can not substitute a verdict of guilty of larceny under section 5(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 ; for the verdict implies an acquittal of larceny , so that it can not ‘ [ appear ] to the Court of Criminal Appeal that the jury must have been satisfied of facts which proved him guilty of [ larceny ] ’ ( Rex v. Fisher ( 1921 ) 16 Cr.App.R. 53 ) . |