Example sentences of "take from him " in BNC.

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1 The first crew removed the bodies of three of the airmen , but Raymond removed the body of the navigator , P/O McFarlane and took from him , his identity papers and personal papers which he concealed from the Germans and later passed to the French Resistance .
2 Finally , the Dodger bumped into him accidentally from behind , and at that moment both boys took from him , very quickly , his watch , guard-chain , handkerchief , and notebook .
3 A convicted murderer is going to court in an attempt to recover hundreds of pounds which he claims police took from him .
4 She was depriving him of nothing , taking from him nothing he wanted or could possess .
5 Once a patient is deemed incapable , having been assigned to one of these categories , his powers of self-determination are taken from him .
6 Bruce , bitter at the crown being taken from him in 1238 ?
7 Bill felt like a weight had been taken from him now that he 'd told her .
8 A person in possession of a moveable chattel ( e.g. a painting ) who loses it , or has it stolen from him or otherwise taken from him against his will can demand it back within five years from any person who then has possession of it [ Art .
9 ‘ I 've taken from him , ’ Ellie said .
10 Is there any distinction to be drawn between the words required to be spoken by a constable ( a ) acting pursuant to section 7(3) of the Act and ( b ) acting pursuant to section 8(2) thereof , after the suspect has been told , in the latter case , of his right to claim that the breath specimen taken from him should be replaced by a blood or urine specimen ?
11 Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor .
12 He realised with a sense of desperation that he would have to be twice as cunning as his wife if he was to recover that which she had taken from him .
13 His little-boy mask had slipped by a fraction , a sure sign of the energies that had been taken from him in the past hour , and someone else was looking out — someone much harder , more calculating .
14 Or had it taken from him .
15 His goodwill with those customers belonged to him and can not reasonably be taken from him by a covenant of this kind .
16 And there was no fright to be taken from him .
17 And they take from him .
18 He that in Obedience to this Command of God , subdued , tilled and sowed any part of it , thereby annexed to it something that was his Property , which another had not Title to , nor could without injury take from him .
19 When the heir had done homage to the king , it was usual for the Justice of the Forest , on receipt of the appropriate writ , to take from him security for the payment of relief , and then to give him seisin of his Forest bailiwick ; the king 's escheator was ordered at the same time to hand over his lands to him , those appurtenant to his forestership , and whatever others he might hold in chief by other service .
20 The Navaho had long since learned that the best way to live was to stick to the land no white man would want to take from him .
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