Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 2 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 3 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 4 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |
| 5 | Yet oddly enough when Massine staged his Donald of the Burthens with the help of a Scottish expert to guide him through the traditional steps and figures it was not a success , possibly because too much reliance was placed . |
| 6 | Mean Malcolm whistles at him , an old lady helps him over the road , teacher expects his writing to be tidy and he has to read the part of the spineless Rapunzel . |
| 7 | The old lady acknowledged him with a nod . |
| 8 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 9 | But to her surprise the patron and his very large , round-faced wife greeted him like a long-lost son . |
| 10 | ’ Sergeant Bramble made as if to speak , but the foreign person silenced him with a glance that would have iced coffee . |
| 11 | English economics provided him with the two antinomies he needed , proletariat and bourgeoisie , as the polarised , opposites of the dialectic . |
| 12 | The Loremaster felt a ghostly finger prod him in the chest . |
| 13 | The Public Prosecutor called him like a dog as he strode towards the door behind which a continuous threatening murmur could be heard . |
| 14 | After all , if the British government knifed him in the back when he was pursuing their patriotic interest , what was the point of going on ? |
| 15 | The old man led him through a gate on the opposite side of the yard from the stable-block . |
| 16 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 17 | Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount . |
| 18 | So much of his daily duty took him to the general neighbourhood of these places it was n't easy , but mercifully no bumping into the angry Charity occurred . |
| 19 | He told the reporter , who was driven blindfold to meet him at a secret location , that gangsters doused one of his two sons with petrol and threatened to kill them both if he did not co-operate in the theft . |
| 20 | Many believe that Mr Kinnock 's heart may have been cut out and stamped on but that it beats anew in Mr Brown , and for this reason alone the party leader is credited with wanting the 41-year old Scot to succeed him in the event of disaster . |
| 21 | Seeing that Teclis could not be dissuaded , the High Loremaster gifted him with the War Crown of Saphery and let him go . |
| 22 | He used a silver-topped cane to assist him to the dining-room . |
| 23 | Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia refused the German Crown offered him by the Frankfurt Assembly because it was offered by ‘ Liberals and Jews ’ and because he felt his cousin in Vienna had a better claim . |
| 24 | Freddie Head , rider of Pistol Packer , opined that ‘ Mill Reef was the best horse I 've ever seen ’ , and the French press compared him with the horse whose stunning victory in the Arc six years earlier had marked him out as the very best horse of the era : ‘ Comme Sea Bird II — mais plus vite ’ , raved Paris-Turf He was indeed plus vite , for his Arc time of 2 minutes 28.3 seconds set a new course record . |
| 25 | The perplexed driver took him to a police station — which then contacted Steve . |
| 26 | He walked away , his long , easy stride taking him down the rough path to the lakeside . |
| 27 | And 47-year-old Peter , who models himself on rock legend Elvis Presley , reckons he has the perfect record to make him into an all-round star — Bhingi Bajee Boogy . |
| 28 | A cops and robbers chase through the docks with our official mini caught him in the act of phoning home , where we arrived just in time to stop his wife disposing of a large bag of goodies . |
| 29 | ‘ And I am sure that a mighty host awaits him in the Next World . ’ |
| 30 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |