Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had given his name to Golding on Tuesday but had made no effort to contact him since to explain the situation . |
| 2 | Chairman Lord Younger has announced that , in addition to a tour of the building , Her Majesty has accepted an invitation to join him for lunch . |
| 3 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 4 | The chairman was clearly annoyed at Maradona 's claim that he had had no time to notify him on Monday before returning to Argentina for the friendly against Denmark . |
| 5 | The Divisional Court , on 27 March 1991 , on the applicant 's motion for judicial review by way of orders of certiorari and mandamus , had granted him a declaration that on the true construction of the statutes of the university the university had and had had no power to dismiss him by reason of redundancy and that his purported dismissal was without effect . |
| 6 | They found it difficult to rouse him and on seeing the bottle of tablets on the floor next to him , called an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 7 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Tommy Gilmour , Clinton 's manager , said last night : ‘ Pat had tried to go through the pain barrier and keep his injury from me but I have taken the decision to withdraw him after consultation with an orthopaedic surgeon . ’ |
| 10 | On their behalf , a local radio station has launched a campaign to keep him at the County Ground . |