Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 2 | Some criticised his method of combating Bodyline by stepping away to cut the ball to the off , but Bradman claimed that this exposed him to a greater risk of injury than the orthodox type of batting . |
| 3 | They were made of metal and this presented him with a major problem . |
| 4 | He grabbed hold of Steve by the scruff of the neck , half lifted , half dragged him to the front door . |
| 5 | The martyrdom of his father in 203 left him with a cold antipathy to the pagan establishment , whether in government or in high culture . |
| 6 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 7 | His provision of seventy hides of land for Benedict 's new foundation in Wearmouth in 674 and a further forty hides for his parallel foundation in Jarrow in 681 associated him with the two houses , which were to become pre-eminent in Northumbrian monastic culture and scholarship . |
| 8 | Murchison recognized the boy 's ability , arranged for his entry to the Royal School of Mines , where he studied under Thomas Huxley and ( Sir ) Andrew Ramsay [ qq.v. ] , and in 1862 recruited him to the Geological Survey of Scotland . |
| 9 | But a new administration in 1807 sent him on a futile mission to conciliate Denmark , following the British bombardment of Copenhagen . |
| 10 | Later Nutmeg went back to all his friends ( looking himself again ) + they all told him about a strange white cat who called himself Nutmeg . |
| 11 | None the less , such was his amicable nature that all welcomed him as a playing companion . |
| 12 | It all swung him towards the burning reality of Kee . |
| 13 | They all treated him as a golden idol , and he 'd obviously begun to believe it himself . |
| 14 | John followed Richard after a lapse of some six weeks , to be succeeded in turn by Henry III after a vacancy of a week , and Edward I succeeded him after a four-day interval . |
| 15 | A rare eagle three at the eighth helped him to a 69 alongside Langer and a cluster of others . |
| 16 | However , a venture as public-works contractor in World War I left him with a considerable bank overdraft , not liquidated until 1922 . |
| 17 | I first met him during the early 1950s and I became editor of what I believe was the second journal in the now enormous Pergamon Press stable . |
| 18 | We first met him at an elegant hotel in the ‘ uptown ’ district of Manhattan , New York , overlooking Central park , a watering place well known to artists ( Joe Cocker also happened to be in residence at the time ) . |
| 19 | I first saw him in a supporting role at the Croydon Rep in 1936 , where another young actor , seven years his junior , by the name of William Devlin , who dared to tackle King Lear at about the same time . |
| 20 | As a Unitarian he was debarred from holding civic appointments or public office , but , following the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in 1828 , for the annulment of which he had campaigned , the corporation of Newcastle in 1832 invested him with the highest judicial function in their gift , the recordership , and shortly afterwards with the honorary freedom of the city . |
| 21 | That put him on the 142 mark alongside Sam Torrance ( 72 ) , with McAllister just behind . |
| 22 | William Swainson in particular congratulated him in an enthusiastic letter , written from his house in St Alban 's : |
| 23 | The conclusion that there was not going to be any hit him at the same time as Rincewind , whirring wildly down the passage , kicked him sharply in the groin . |
| 24 | That left him with a 71 , three strokes behind Australian pacesetter Craig Parry . |
| 25 | ‘ A year ago , he was driving a new BMW 5-series car , but I last saw him in an E-registered Ford Fiesta . ’ |