Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun pl] and [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments . |
| 2 | But a combination of factors , including a high proportion of broken or at least deteriorating homes and single-parent families , an absence of parent-child contact due to migration and possibly compounded by the necessity of devoting excessive time to earning a living and , as I will argue shortly , a distorted appreciation of the parent 's function vis-à-vis education crystallize to release the black youth from the influence of his parents and jettison him into a world in which his peers , with whom he shares the common experience of being black in a white society , are the dominant forces . |
| 3 | Winchelsey 's action , explicitly ‘ for the tranquillity of the realm ’ , reflects his abiding interventionist view of his responsibilities and won him friends , if not much influence , among the baronage . |
| 4 | As he lay dying , Herbert handed a little book to one of his attendants and asked him to deliver it to his dear brother Nicholas Ferrar , |
| 5 | Teddy 's television enthuses behind his curtains and keeps him busy . |
| 6 | His horrible wont was to envelop his victim with his wings and suffocate him to death . |
| 7 | Just in case Lord Milton failed to appreciate his value , MacLachlan stressed that he had been approached by the rival interest in the county and had been offered sufficient to make him easy for life , and accordingly implied that Milton had an obligation to aid him with his creditors and enable him to arrange further loans . |
| 8 | She had thrown herself into his arms and hugged him as if she were still a schoolgirl . |
| 9 | She stepped into his arms and kissed him . |
| 10 | Her kind , low voice broke into his thoughts and made him jump . |
| 11 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 12 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 13 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
| 14 | He was very nearly as tall as her , but she put an arm under his shoulders and supported him to the untidy room which served as the stable office , calling to one of the stable girls to take over the class . |
| 15 | She put her arm round his shoulders and hustled him out and upstairs before he recovered himself . |
| 16 | Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink . |
| 17 | He took Paul up in his arms and carried him inside , laying him on the sofa . |
| 18 | She was suddenly far too aware that they were alone and would n't be disturbed until morning , too aware that the man whose overpowering masculine strength filled the room was her husband and had certain rights , too aware that the last frail layer of her protective façade had been shattered forever when she had wept in his arms and let him comfort her . |
| 19 | Despite financial difficulties , however , Hahnemann displayed such intellectual ability that his teachers helped him in his studies and allowed him to finance his education by tutoring the younger children in the school . |
| 20 | An undated letter from the abbess to Edward , probably written at this juncture , wished him prosperity in his affairs and reminded him of the convent 's special relationship with the English crown . |
| 21 | Although it struck him as being perfectly right and natural to tear a seven-year-old boy away from his parents and send him ‘ home ’ to be educated , it also struck him that the English public school system was iniquitous , a hotbed of beatings and buggery . |
| 22 | The door shot open , knocking Bill from his feet and sending him sprawling across the sidewalk . |
| 23 | His long fever had peeled the flesh from his bones and left him half his proper bulk , and the brown of his cheeks was yellow and drawn . |
| 24 | Another member of staff recognised the defendant from his schooldays and told him to give himself up . |
| 25 | The street was wider there and Owen 's men found it easy to slip round the Sheikh separating him from his followers and surrounding him . |
| 26 | ‘ They do like this , ’ and he pulls his son 's woollen hat over his eyes and frisks him . |
| 27 | This man 's joy at his team 's win greatly tempered his reaction at being jabbed in the chest by a vigorous old Irish American , but even he had to retaliate when Uncle Mick pulled his cap down over his eyes and shoved him back in his seat . |
| 28 | Mr Farquharson claimed in a recent interview in the Sun that Miss Bonham-Carter had replied four times to his letters and sent him a signed photo with a kiss . |
| 29 | Before he had fully recovered , Christian hauled him to his feet and dragged him away from his groaning adversary . |
| 30 | He loosened the gyves , dragged Corbett to his feet and bundled him through the door , along the passage and up the steps into the pure , dear air . |