Example sentences of "[verb] him of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 2 | Duncan had asked , when Myeloski told him of the strange situation in which they had found Leeming . |
| 3 | ‘ Who knows about this ? ’ he asked when Kelly haltingly told him of the latest threat to her . |
| 4 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 5 | Manuel had quietly melted away , perhaps to leave the stage clear for Andy , perhaps to grieve alone at the cruel injustice that had robbed him of the top prize . |
| 6 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 7 | Taylor was upset with Platt before the Turkey game for not informing him of the serious nature of the injury but the player surprised him by playing at Wembley with his usual effectiveness . |
| 8 | He looked down at Thornton and informed him of the new management attitude . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've relieved him of the financial burden , but we both share the interest of the place . ’ |
| 10 | He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo . |
| 11 | In 1935 Louis Aragon proudly proclaimed to the world that his encounter with communism and the revolutionary society of the Soviet Union had transformed him into an entirely new man , had rejuvenated him , re-educated him , and in the process cured him of the social disease of his bourgeois class origins . |
| 12 | This should assure him of a bright future with ‘ The Stiffs ’ and , in all probability , lead to the club captaincy next season . |
| 13 | As on many occasions when drink is taken , it ended up in tears and in a finger-wagging shouting match with the Labour leader , John Smith , accusing him of a stark betrayal of promises . |
| 14 | Baburin repeatedly polled more votes than Khasbulatov , because a group of about 150 deputies in the Smena ( " change " ) group , a part of Democratic Russia , refused to support Khasbulatov , accusing him of an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 15 | He eventually slumps back into his seat , his smarting face and aching eyes reminding him of the misled thought journey that took him back round to before where he started . |
| 16 | Mr. Davies : When the Secretary of State next meets the chairman , will he tell him of the deep anger and resentment in west Wales that British Coal is walking away from the anthracite coalfield , with its enormous reserves of high quality and saleable coal ? |
| 17 | Just on half-time , a long ball from Milne put him through within excellent shooting distance of Thomson , but McCart 's late intervention robbed him of the golden chance to break the deadlock . |
| 18 | King Don Ferdinand was going through Leon , putting the Kingdom in order , when tidings reached him of the good speed which Rodrigo had had against the Moors . |
| 19 | After a three-hour retirement , the jury acquitted the appellant of the offence charged under section 18 , but convicted him of the lesser offence under section 20 . |
| 20 | I remind him of the disproportionate harm that the MacSharry proposals would cause and seek his assurance that he will bear in mind the Scottish farmers and all those elsewhere in Britain when he represents the interests of the British Government and the British farmer in Europe . |
| 21 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 22 | She reminded him of a young colt : there were moments when her legs seemed much too long and her posture quite unladylike — and others when , caught unawares in a reverie , she had all the poise of a marquesa . |
| 23 | It reminded him of a veined glass marble he had once owned as a boy . |
| 24 | The concavity beneath the hip-bone reminded him of a little valley high in the hills of Tuscany or Sicily , bare , smooth and satisfying . |
| 25 | For no reason he could think of the rooms reminded him of a deserted stage set when the play has ended its run and the actors have gone . |
| 26 | They reminded him of the ignominious episode of the oath-taking , and pointed out that Rodrigo now had a personal ‘ army ’ almost as large as the King 's . |
| 27 | Despite the much vaunted heating and ventilating system of the new police headquarters the windows of Wycliffe 's office were almost obscured by condensation and the air had a clammy warmth which reminded him of the tropical house at Kew . |
| 28 | A working ormolu and bronze lion mantel clock — Louis Quinze , he could almost hear his wife Carole exclaiming — reminded him of the relentless passage of time . |
| 29 | The whole interview reminded him of the English card game in which you not only had to guess what cards your opponent held , but decide what he thought yours were , and so on . |
| 30 | A dissident intellectual passing out leaflets at a factory gate reminds him of a nervous child offering a sugar lump to a large horse . |