Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I admire him for remembering the day . |
| 2 | I salute him for having the courage to come off the fence ; though he leaves many of his colleagues still perching there . |
| 3 | I join him in congratulating the industry on its export achievements — something that we never hear from the Labour party . |
| 4 | Lowe continued his career until 1871 when he fell victim to a pulmonary disease which prevented him from joining the services for the deaf at the new St. Saviour 's Church . |
| 5 | It is Artegall 's required attendance at the Faerie Court which prevents him from completing the renewal of justice in Eirena 's kingdom , and it is Elizabeth , A View of the Present State of Ireland makes clear , who halted the necessary civilising action undertaken by the New English there : |
| 6 | García had rejected the verdict of a year-long investigation by a special congressional commission which accused him of authorizing the placing of a third of Central Bank reserves ( US$270,000,000 ) into the Panamanian branch of the now discredited Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI — see p. 38355 ) in return for US$3,000,000 in bribes . |
| 7 | She loved him for having the consideration to stop now . |
| 8 | Firbank had no close emotional attachments , save with his mother ; but in 1919 he seems to have become infatuated with the Hon. Evan Morgan , who rebuffed him by refusing the dedication of his only play , The Princess Zoubaroff , days before its publication in 1920 . |
| 9 | They accused him of altering the figures on receipts for money they had given for the release of prisoners , handing over a smaller sum to creditors and pocketing the difference ; charging prisoners for candles ; taking £5 out of the Poor Box to free a prisoner ; lending them money on their plate and watches which belonged to their creditors . |
| 10 | This was indeed fortunate as it prevented him from revealing the fossilization of his mind by repeating much of what he had written in 1986 . |
| 11 | She was staring at him , with her great golden eyes , and her expression was so sad and apprehensive that the sight of it shocked him into asking the question he had been trying to ignore . |
| 12 | He gestures for me to join him by patting the cushion to his left . |