Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With government provision , the good or service may be free or subsidized , so that the amount paid by the consumer will understate the true cost ( higher taxes , etc. ) of providing him with that good or service , thereby encouraging excessive consumption of the item . |
| 2 | Although the case was still open the police had no hope of finding him after all this time . |
| 3 | He 's very conscious of the fact that he 's indebted to him , not just for rescuing him from those awful guardians but for getting him into Grafton Abbey and then arranging for him to work for Mr Harvey . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not that his pursuers would be distracted from finding him by such petty secrecy . |
| 6 | She half turned to go , then stopped , unable to understand the strange reluctance she felt at leaving him with this bitter anger lying between them . |