Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 2 | This was no doubt an acceptable enough decision on the facts had the EAT not propounded the thesis that ‘ if it was reasonable for [ the employee ] to decline these terms , then it would have been unreasonable for the employers to dismiss him for such refusal ’ . |
| 3 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 4 | The Mayor rebuked him in warm terms , whereupon the elegant creature said , hotly : ‘ Who are you to talk to me like that ? ’ |
| 5 | The project of a road connecting the Cariboo gold-fields to the coast occupied him from 1862 . |
| 6 | Transfer to the Admiralty enabled him in 1920 to attend evening classes in writing and illuminating at the Central School of Arts and Crafts . |
| 7 | In their turn the Norwegians accepted him as one of themselves ; it was they who named him the ‘ father of Norwegian mountaineering ’ . |
| 8 | The youngster addressed him with condescending friendliness , and got a morose answer . |
| 9 | The exchange put him in excellent mood for his breakfast . |
| 10 | ‘ When the judge sentenced him to five years I felt like shouting out ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Kate Connolly . |
| 11 | He persuaded the CPP to nominate him as one of the two candidates for the Accra double-member constituency . |
| 12 | They manhandled Mr Reagan to the side of the stage and pounced on his attacker , forcing him over the podium to check him for any possible weapons before dragging him away . |
| 13 | Associated Tunnelling Co Ltd the Employment Appeals Tribunal ( EAT ) held that the tribunal had correctly concluded that there was an implied term in Mr Jones 's contract of employment to the effect that his employer had the right to transfer him to any site within reasonable daily commuting reach of his home . |
| 14 | However , he was mindful of his limitations and , after some time , he was able to arrange for a ‘ godly , diligent physician ’ to come and set up a practice in the town to relieve him of this burden . |
| 15 | The plaintiff encouraged him in this behaviour . |
| 16 | The captain of the escort led him to one side , explaining . |
| 17 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
| 18 | He probably can not accept another man in John 's bed , and the puppet reminds him of that . |
| 19 | The sponsors offer him at 33-1 , which could be generous , while making Ghofar and Bonanza Boy joint favourites at 5-1 . |
| 20 | But Judge Karl-Heinz Schmoll ruled : ‘ The policy covered him in all situations in life . ’ |
| 21 | The vulgar Miller intrudes , and , with his fabliau and the nature of the genre and of fabliau language in mind , we can find some amusement in contemplating the possible sexual reading of " " unbokeled is the male " " , " the purse is unbuckled " , a vulgarity that the Host , playing the role given him at this point , would no doubt have considered excluded from his words . |
| 22 | The Colonel kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 23 | He did n't see much more of Tina and the teachers treated him with gentle sympathy , almost as if he were an invalid . |
| 24 | Only one terrorist , Fawaz Yunis , has been arrested under the 1984 law and the FBI lured him into international waters to make the arrest . |
| 25 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 26 | Although the jury acquitted him on one murder charge , it was deadlocked over a second and a riot charge , and a retrial was arranged for Sept. 17 . |
| 27 | The lamp outside in the yard bathed him in grey light , leaving his eyes in deep shadow so that his face resembled that of a corpse . |
| 28 | A pensioner 's training in the SAS saved him from serious injury when two men attacked him with a knife . |
| 29 | The man told him in sarcastic tones that he could have his £9 back at any time if he brought in the young lady in the photograph . |
| 30 | He stared out of his constricting net of anxieties and fears at this clean , smooth , well-intentioned boy , and wondered why he should be expected to make the effort to answer him at all . |