Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lord the defence admit that no such advice was given to the plaintiff but they deny that they were under any duty er to give such advice and it is pleaded in the that er the defendants will rely upon the fact that Mr er held himself out to be er an experienced man of business and as such it was not necessary on their part to advise him upon the adequacy and arrangements for the financing of the operation . |
| 2 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 3 | It had not been her intention to favour him with a compliment . |
| 4 | Anger roared inside her and she opened her mouth to tell him in no uncertain terms where to go , only she did n't have a chance to utter even one heated word , as he bent and covered her parted lips with his , kissing her with a thoroughness that left her shaken . |
| 5 | He thought , eating it , that he must be careful not to be too metaphorical in his instructions , since , in her anxiety to obey him to the letter , she might feed him a diet of unrelieved soup and rice pudding . |
| 6 | If the rumour is true that Ceauşescu recruited his future guards and secret policemen from among these abandoned souls , then their failure to save him in the crisis of his regime is hardly surprising . |
| 7 | And yesterday he called their refusal to consider him for a factory floor job ‘ pathetic and ridiculous ’ . |
| 8 | After a championship victory earlier in the year , at which circuit did his British fans risk their safety to mob him on the track ? |
| 9 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 10 | She held out her hand to lead him through the courtyard , stopping at the fountain which was lit by soft moonlight . |
| 11 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 12 | But all the same , Mr Browning thought it wise that she should send to the Ogilvys a letter for Gigia to carry in which both she and Ferdinando formally requested the return of their young son and gave her power to remove him from the care of his aunt and conduct him to Italy . |
| 13 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 14 | He said he needed me to pretend to be his girlfriend to protect him from the bimbos . ’ |
| 15 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 16 | On May 8 Bush reiterated his faith in Quayle , criticizing the press for " pounding on him when he 's doing a first class job " , and repeating his determination to retain him as the Republican Party 's 1992 nominee for Vice-President . |
| 17 | It is said that , before he died , St Magnus asked his executioner to kill him by an axe stroke to the head , rather than suffer decapitation : ‘ For it is not seemly to behead chiefs like thieves . ’ |
| 18 | While studying Tzintzuntzan , the anthropologist George Foster found that the female villagers would ask his wife to approach him for a favour ( Foster 1967 ) . |
| 19 | It is characteristic of Milton to wish his audience to see him as a writer familiar with highly regarded literary writing and able to employ it to more serious purpose than it had been previously . |
| 20 | In a negligence suit brought against him Mr Hill wanted to sue his employer to indemnify him for the damages he had to pay out to Mr Gregory . |
| 21 | Now he was happy enough to let Rickards impose on his solitude to use him as a sounding board . |
| 22 | The Ayrshire Tory MP is well known for his un-compromising attitude on a variety of topics — nows our chance to find out what he 's got to say about child-care provision and your chance to tackle him on the governments record to date . |
| 23 | ‘ This story of Terry 's about going after your father to ask him for a loan to buy a small-holding — what do you make of that ? ’ |
| 24 | Prang your opponent with your lance to turn him into an egg . |