Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] him [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 2 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 3 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 4 | Marco has been brought up by his rather in a way designed to fit him for the future . |
| 5 | The landlord 's wife was expected to accompany him on the trip to Head Office . |
| 6 | But young children had reported spotting him inside the school , putting paper on to the fire . |
| 7 | Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently . |
| 8 | ‘ His condition was obvious and they must have decided to pull him on the way home . ’ |
| 9 | To save his neck and protect his family was perhaps not the noblest of motives for coming forward as a witness , but if the DEA had not sought to frame him under the misapprehension that he was feeding information to Pan Am and the media , and if the DIA had not lacked the will to protect him behind the scenes , the idea of coming forward would never have crossed his mind at all — indeed , he might never even have known that he had a contribution to make to the Lockerbie investigation . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norwich , North ( Mr. Thompson ) is grateful for what has been done to help him with the preservation of his local Anglian Regiment . |
| 11 | To Etienne , this could only be one person — the blanc who had threatened to betray him to the President in the conversation which Etienne now interpreted with the benefit of hindsight . |
| 12 | Culley wondered why she 'd decided to let him off the hook . |
| 13 | Specifically , an attempt has been made to present him as the architect of Salisbury Cathedral . |
| 14 | Grand Slam committee administrator Bill Babcock said : ‘ None of us like the situation , but there is undue pressure on him , and we have decided to exempt him from the rule on press conferences for this match , and only this match . ’ |
| 15 | His father had promised to drive him to the meeting and watch him get the award . |
| 16 | I 'll tell you this , I 've always had to like him on the job . |
| 17 | What influence I had with S.B. was now used to persuade him of the wisdom of this course . |
| 18 | Touch wood , I 've never had to dope him on the lorry . |
| 19 | Sort my love life with Rocky out , we 've had a bit of a tiff at the moment , as a result I 've had to drop him from the squad completely and he 'll probably go and join the scum where he 'll show me up like that poncy french bugger who used to play here . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
| 21 | Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) . |
| 22 | Today 's event should show if he has what is needed to take him to the top for he comes up against a very useful opponent in Sabin du Loir ( 1.15 ) . |
| 23 | He said that , during the 20-minute journey to the quarry at Furnace on Loch Fyne , a lit cigarette had been used to burn him on the back of the neck , he had been struck constantly , and as the car travelled at speeds up to 70mph , the man beside him had opened the door and told him to take his chances and jump . |
| 24 | Got to tell him about the party . |
| 25 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 26 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 27 | For a small fee everyone was invited to spray him with the foam wherever they wanted — and they most certainly did ! |
| 28 | She had undertaken to contact him by the end of next week to report what progress she had made and he did not doubt she would do so , for she was a woman of her word . |
| 29 | Although convicted of taking part in the attack no evidence was brought linking him to the knife . |
| 30 | Norton 's Coin 's participation in the race was something of a mistake , for Sirrell Griffiths had wanted to run him in the Cathcart Challenge Cup on the same day of the Cheltenham meeting , only to discover that the horse was ineligible . |