Example sentences of "[vb past] him [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday .
2 Those who dismissed him as a third-rate actor failed to recognize his ability as a political campaigner .
3 Her betrothed leapt back to his feet , his hand going to the knife at his belt , but Cranston just dismissed him with a contemptuous flicker of his eyes .
4 The man held up a hand to silence Barak then turned to the guard beside him and dismissed him with a curt nod of the head .
5 Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand .
6 But Garvey , 40 , has brought a private prosecution against Carr , 33 , alleging Carr assaulted him in the same incident in Middlesbrough Town Hall in October .
7 Grant 's responsibilities at John Dickinson provided him with a wide knowledge of the paper manufacturing processes used throughout the world and the way in which they were being improved .
8 Apart from helping with his wardrobe , LASMO also covered the costs of his tuition , accommodation and books , and provided him with a living allowance .
9 The acceptance of the idea provided him with a curious salve for his guilt .
10 This is a role which provided him with a great deal of satisfaction .
11 This was particularly the case where the occupational community provided him with a rural counter-culture that enabled class antagonisms to be sustained , albeit in a hidden form .
12 To flesh out the story , the DIA provided him with a German mailing address , Postfach 1151 , Geilhausen 6460 , from which all correspondence , including anything from the DIA , would be readdressed to Coleman 's maildrop in Barrington , Illinois .
13 A second group of provincial delegates arrived in St Petersburg just after his appointment and provided him with a sympathetic audience for his opinions .
14 This not only kept the suit in good condition and therefore prolonged its life but also provided him with a smart outfit always ready at short notice , as now .
15 His detailed and systematic accumulation of electoral information provided him with an unsurpassed knowledge of constituencies and candidates and greatly contributed to the efficient Conservative organization which triumphed in 1841 .
16 The plebiscitary acclamation which could always be mobilized by Hitler provided him with an unassailable base of popularity , and as such offered the regime legitimation both within Germany and in the eyes of foreign powers , allowing the scope for further mobilization and a gathering momentum of Nazi policy .
17 The rebuilding of the town of Warwick after the fire presumably provided him with an initial opportunity , and he was later responsible for a further group of churches and other public buildings ; but the predominant element in his practice was the building of country houses for the midlands gentry .
18 When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ .
19 He was equally sinister two years later when the Foreign Secretary Carrington visited him with a strange request for help in promoting the neutralisation of Afghanistan .
20 He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits .
21 The players have now scored 70 goals between them for Rangers in all competitions this season , though McCoist was jocularly chided by his manager as he attempted to reply to the unanswerable question , posed him by a foreign journalist , of how many goals he expected to score tonight .
22 Mr Seiters said Mr Honecker 's speech was an ‘ oppressive contrast ’ to the challenge posed him by the recent exodus and the upsurge of demands in East Germany for reform .
23 Its pleasing shape — like an almond-stone sliced open — the cliffs of wall to the south , the serenity of the lake , the promise of richness in the meadows beyond the lake , moved him with a mysterious sense of homecoming based on an unmistakable sensation of security .
24 Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene .
25 Simultaneously the influence of A. W. N. Pugin [ q.v. ] drew him to the Catholic Church , into which he was received in 1846 .
26 A family connection with the lord chancellor , John , Baron Somers [ q.v. ] , drew him to the Whig side in politics , but he was no slavish follower of a party .
27 In his last years , Gresham 's fame as a magician drew him into the sordid court intrigues surrounding the divorce of Robert Devereux , third Earl of Essex [ q.v . ] .
28 Maisie snorted and , following the sound of his voice , traced him to the wooden bench .
29 His sudden smile transformed him to an astonishing degree , revealing the man behind the remote consultant .
30 But the sight of her in tears disarmed him in the strangest way .
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