Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winter had to aim Mandarin for the middle course but his mount started wandering off to the left before pressure from the vice-like grip of the jockey 's thighs pointed him in the right direction . |
| 2 | One of Nogai 's brothers slapped him on the shoulder , but Burun shouted , ‘ Which target were you aiming at , Nogai ? ’ |
| 3 | Newley 's body ambushed him in the darkness . |
| 4 | Both safely negotiated the treacherous short 15th hole and Faldo 's putter rescued him on the 18th green . |
| 5 | Olazabal 's finish hauled him to the top of the European order of merit . |
| 6 | Joe started when Harry 's elbow caught him in the ribs as he said , ‘ I wonder if my illustrious brother will be as insufferable as he was during the Christmas holidays ? ’ |
| 7 | Mr Gill 's wife nominated him for the prize for his purchase of the ‘ Astronomicon ’ , a poem in Latin verse on astronomy and astrology of around 1455–60 by Basinio da Parma , dedicated to Malatesta Novello , lord of Cesena , and probably made in Rimini . |
| 8 | John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage . |
| 9 | The Minister 's secretary buzzed him on the intercom . |
| 10 | Aenarion deflected the pulsing energy with his shield but the power of the daemon 's attack cast him from the saddle . |
| 11 | As it was , the week he spent on Mrs Goreng 's tour confirmed him in the ideas he had brought with him . |
| 12 | Mrs Knight said Bruce 's daughter joined him in the house and cleared out a bureau which she had in the bedroom . |
| 13 | Coetzee 's men lured him across the South African border and shot him . |
| 14 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 15 | But the end of his mother 's letter cheered him despite the regret he felt , the memory he could still conjure up of Jonas and himself as boys , flying a kite in a London park , tussling with one another , kicking a football . |
| 16 | He stood still , his drunken face sagging as Ranulf 's dagger pricked him under the chin . |
| 17 | Mozart 's reputation preceded him on the return trip , and the family were frequently detained so that he could give performances and display his talents . |
| 18 | The range and quality of Jenks 's contribution placed him among the foremost writers on international law of his generation . |
| 19 | A key part of the prince 's trip took him to the logistics base Camp Redoubt , set up on a tortuous mountain pass between Vitez in central Bosnia and Tomislavgrad near the Croatian border . |
| 20 | TONY WILSON 's win over Steve McCarthy in the British light-heavyweight title eliminator at Southampton last month , when McCarthy refused to continue after Wilson 's mother attacked him in the ring , has been officially ratified by the British Board of Control . |
| 21 | Some of Pugachev 's followers identified him as the true Tsar , Peter III . |
| 22 | Bernice 's summons halted him in the doorway . |
| 23 | The farmers ' wives indulged him in the harshness of his religious practices , never minding that he brought his own delph and cutlery and would eat only boiled eggs and bread . |