Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [prep] his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , no one would ever have dared to tease him about his middle name . |
| 2 | But , although he beat her , she refused to help him with his evil plan . |
| 3 | The French still use the word ‘ negre ’ for a ghost-writer because Dumas quite openly used other authors to help him with his colossal output . |
| 4 | He came directly to the parlour shared by Astorre , John and Tobie , followed by servants attempting to rid him of his wet cloak . |
| 5 | In his heart Gaveston knew that young Edward quite liked the clerk ; admired the man 's fidelity and unwillingness to criticise him to his terrible father . |
| 6 | I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in . |
| 7 | Although he immediately became favourite to succeed Roh as President when his term of office expired in February 1993 , the delicate factional structure of the DLP meant that Roh was reluctant to endorse him as his chosen successor . |
| 8 | But she had told him his daughter had been fathered by another man and she had tried to separate him from his main interest in life , the Club . |
| 9 | ‘ Certainly , Doctor , if you say so , ’ she replied sweetly , containing the urge to crown him for his patronising ignorance . |
| 10 | Comfort looked at him , Surprised to see him without his mocking smile , and then she shrugged . |
| 11 | I would like to thank him for his considerable contribution to the company 's success over the last three years . |
| 12 | A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path . |
| 13 | ‘ I used to call him by his real name Coy Luther and he got real mad . ’ |
| 14 | Indeed , Leonard 's main recollection of his father lies in that style , rather than more personal attributes or memories , and he is wont to describe him with his top hat and gloves , his cane and spats , and miniature service medals . |
| 15 | The Spirit of the Lord , the ruach adonai passes to David to equip him for his princely service . |
| 16 | This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’ |
| 17 | The Financial Times of April 9 suggested that Ye , a reformist who had been building Guangdong into a " free-wheeling relatively autonomous province " , had been appointed to the new central post in order to deprive him of his regional power base . |
| 18 | That 's what I 'm saying , right , now , what I 'm saying is there 's a , that , that , is , there 's , there 's , there 's , there 's things , there 's things , there 's guides to be able to do that , right , and the guide is there 's certain things you do and certain things you do n't do , because what you do basically is that you close him on his final objection which is what you 're just saying you did , right , but you close him on his final objection , how did you manage to close him on his final objection ? |
| 19 | Mrs Palmer-Radford 's other son , Oliver , aged six , only discovered what had happened after she failed to collect him from his Catholic prep-school , it emerged yesterday . |
| 20 | The Baskerville lawyers are trying to contact him to tell him about his good fortune . |