Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] him [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fear of a ‘ few stern five minutes ’ with his father , who wanted him to leave Battersea Grammar School for the neighbouring public school St. Paul 's , and had arranged for him to have special lessons in Latin verse and in Greek , kept him steadily at school work , although he knew he ‘ could do better at lessons if I wished ’ . |
| 2 | To one who had waited so long , this letter would scarcely have indicated that the time had come for him to take vigorous action on his own . |
| 3 | Cos I think he 's sort of realized now that nobody 's particularly impressed by him taking six grammes and twelve Es at once and going oh I took six grammes of and twelve Es at once and I was really fucked . |
| 4 | Ever since Ben Jonson people have thought of him piping native woodnotes wild and not being terribly educated . |
| 5 | Ever since Ben Jonson people have thought of him piping native woodnotes wild and not being terribly educated . |
| 6 | Dr Sasaki had not looked outside the hospital all day ; the scene inside was so terrible and so compelling that it had not occurred to him to ask any questions about what had happened beyond the windows and doors . |
| 7 | Getting rid of him achieves two things . |
| 8 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |
| 9 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |
| 10 | To be charitable , it 's entirely possible that Platt 's spell with Aston Villa might have led to him speaking broken Brummie . |
| 11 | Then the letter containing the promise declared on is said to specify what the assistance would be , namely , £150 per annum during the uncle 's life , and until the plaintiffs professional income should be acknowledged by him to exceed 600 guineas ; and a further averment , that the plaintiff , relying upon his promise , without any revocation on the part of the uncle , did marry Ellen Nicholl . |
| 12 | The Minister of State is not yet the Foreign Secretary and there is little time left for him to become Foreign Secretary . |
| 13 | Having provided for the acquisition of an outgoing partner 's share , the partners must determine what restrictions should be put on him to prevent any action of his eroding the value of that share . |
| 14 | They regularly employed Philip Leapor as a gardener , and the letters sent to him give some insight into his business . |
| 15 | Besides , sometimes a person 's consent to a right or benefit is required for him to acquire that right or a benefit . |