Example sentences of "upon him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his heart the boy Jaq vowed vengeance against daemons and against psykers who were conduits for daemons for stealing his parents from him and bestowing upon him the honour of being raised by missionaries . |
| 2 | But his baptism , administered to him by another , sealing physically upon him the objectiveness of what Christ did for him on the cross , that was indeed a ground of assurance . |
| 3 | A relieved Russian establishment conferred upon him the title of ‘ the Blessed ’ . |
| 4 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 5 | An hour later , Joffre 's second-in-command , General de Castelnau , arrived with three other generals to impress upon him the urgency of the situation at Verdun . |
| 6 | This attitude must change , for man 's progress through time must inevitably confer upon him the right to use his powers of reason and logical thinking to build for himself a satisfying religion based on a credible ‘ god ’ . |
| 7 | So as naturally as anything , Judith switched to Spanish and greatly impressed the customer as well as pressing upon him the need to provide proper facilities for his ladies . |
| 8 | When my hon. Friend sees the chairman of the Post Office , will he impress upon him the need for absolute efficiency in delivering election addresses from Labour candidates ? |
| 9 | Both God and nature have combined to bestow lavishly upon him the gift of perfect happiness . |