Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] him [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report .
2 Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways .
3 Gardening and agricultural production , unlike trading , were safe from government intervention , and his mixture of activities gave him some security should his job or his shop come under threat .
4 Steve Savage of Grafton met him several times after Frankfurt .
5 The Royal College of Surgeons offered him 60 guineas for it , but he sold it to John Gamgee in November 1860 for 100 guineas .
6 Othello 's vision of Iago gives him total credit : With the vision of Iago , Othello also takes over his language , as critics have long noted , with its bestial images , but also his attitudes , especially a generalized distrust of women .
7 His wide range of interests keeps him busy day and night .
8 Nails liked her company better than that of his father ; his new way of life gave him considerable satisfaction .
9 But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs .
10 Those whose interests were prejudiced by the events of 787 are likely to have joined the ranks of Offa 's enemies , and it was later believed that Archbishop Jaenberht even plotted with Charlemagne against Offa to guarantee him free entry into Kent if he should invade .
11 The two goals and five points he conjured up against Antrim leaves him nine points clear of Wexford 's Tom Dempsey in the scoring charts , and in virtually an unassailable position .
12 ‘ I was at our sanctuary in Rossett feeding him this morning .
13 Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt .
14 Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt .
15 The Countryside Commission were to sign a deal with the Duke of Devonshire in September to grant him Capital Transfer Tax exemption ( estimated to be worth £12,000,000 ) in turn for large parts of this 130km 2 in the Dales becoming a public heritage centre under the Heritage Estate arrangement introduced by Leeds MP Denis Healey in 1975 to prevent the breakup of large estates ( the MP himself having just become President of the National Trust 's Yorkshire Moors & Dales Appeal ) .
16 Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt .
17 But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships .
18 His frequent presence in Peking afforded him unprecedented opportunities of acquisition among the art objects released on the market as the old social order of China broke down .
19 It took until the California primary in June to assure him enough party convention delegates to assure his nomination .
20 On Oct. 22 , 1990 , he had been ordered to be detained for 60 days in a military camp for sending a letter to Menem warning him that unrest in the army could provoke a " military rebellion " .
21 Before splicing a dozen lagers , I was on the blower to Reg to tell him that hencewith and foreforth he was no longer an employee of Athletico Whaddon .
22 A letter requesting his attendance on Monday reaches him two years afterwards .
23 At the end of the meeting Mr Hanley agreed to meet a Chester delegation , which will go to Westminster to see him next Wednesday .
24 A highly intelligent and beautiful French television journalist , Christine Ockrent , came to Baghdad to interview him some months before the United Nations deadline for withdrawal from Kuwait .
25 Full of hatred and Greek yoghurt she pushed and pulled at Otley sending him this way and that .
26 Erika was too occupied in looking over Herman 's shoulder at Fritz to pay him any attention .
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