Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] him the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | … the circumstances are such that any reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence , then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
2 | Perhaps the most elegant formulation of principle was given in Coco v Clark ( AN ) ( Engineers ) Ltd where it was said that if a reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
3 | Lissa thrust her belongings back into her jacket , bending her head to hide from him the secretive smile that touched her lips . |
4 | He was Otto I 's brother , and his biographer was not slow to apply to him the biblical phrase , ‘ a royal priesthood ’ . |
5 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
6 | Yeah he do n't eat too many he likes he like they but he wo n't erm I had to say to him the other night . |
7 | I would hate to have to explain to him the true state of affairs . |