Example sentences of "[vb past] him [prep] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His marriage to Osthryth , the sister of King Ecgfrith , inhibited him from bestowing royal favour on Wilfrid until Archbishop Theodore engineered a reconciliation of offended parties in 686 . |
2 | I told him about taking six months off and doing rep in the provinces just to get back in touch with live acting and live audiences and he reacted as if I told him I 'd had a mental breakdown . |
3 | Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy . |
4 | Lewis 's Allegory of Love ( 1936 ) , the book that made him known , was almost all written while he was still an atheist ; and his Christian polemics , which began as war-time broadcasts , never prevented him from winning secular admirers . |
5 | The ‘ Glorious Revolution ’ prevented him from confirming this appointment , but it was confirmed by William of Orange . |
6 | His wife Glenda told us about it , and together we bullied him into writing this report . |
7 | He spoke bitterly of the way she left him for another man , a student , when she was 16 then humiliated him by giving intimate details of their affair to the press . |
8 | Although the show elevated him from struggling stand-up comic to greeting card icon in two short series , last spring Damon bailed out of In Living Color to devote his energies to writing and starring in films . |
9 | He gave two solos to girls who repaid him by becoming loyal workers for many years . |
10 | While some gay rights groups denounced him for promoting negative stereotypes , ‘ Men On Film ’ also became a regular feature on the gay club circuit . |
11 | Despite his apology , a religious court convicted him of using insulting language . |
12 | But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered 50 lashes with a 6ft bamboo cane . |
13 | But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered the flogging . |
14 | It occupied him without posing intractable problems . |
15 | McNeill referred to Jim Smith , his counterpart at St James ' Park , as ‘ insulting ’ and accused him of conducting private business in public . |
16 | And President Delors was thrust into the centre of the row when Commissioner Ray MacSharry resigned and accused him of backing French interests instead of Europe as a whole . |
17 | The Israelis accused him of selling nuclear information to the Iraqis in 1985 . |
18 | I thought the Brigadier had told you he suspected him of running some racket on the side . ’ |