Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the failed attempt to oust him from Wadham in 1654 was the work of stricter puritans who suspected him of reducing Christianity to morality , so in the 1660s his ‘ club for comprehension ’ evoked the censure of high churchmen . |
| 2 | When Adam was 9 , she took the brave decision to remove him from school because she thought he was being held back . |
| 3 | Chain , exasperated by the British failure to provide him with adequate research facilities , migrated to Rome , but was retained as a consultant by Beecham 's at a time when the firm was rapidly developing its research facilities . |
| 4 | THE parents of murdered schoolteacher Fiona Jones want to meet the French Ambassador to tell him about their dissatisfaction with the result of the recent trial . |
| 5 | On his return from Scotland he had asked the French government to provide him with 18,000 men for a fresh attempt and had then visited Spain to seek help from Ferdinand VI , but , like Louis XV , the Spanish king was non-committal . |
| 6 | referred to a statutory predecessor of Ord. 62 , r. 24 and said : ‘ Where an account consists in part of a bill of costs , the judge may direct the taxing master to assist him in settling such costs . ’ |
| 7 | And 47-year-old Peter , who models himself on rock legend Elvis Presley , reckons he has the perfect record to make him into an all-round star — Bhingi Bajee Boogy . |
| 8 | Before Lachlan could free it Hector had tripped him and soused him , for the cold water to bring him to his senses . |
| 9 | I think they will , but I can not be sure , and I would not want the National Curriculum to force him on unwilling teachers . |
| 10 | Persuading the soft left to back him through thick and thin on the national executive was one of Kinnock 's greatest achievements . |
| 11 | Andrew will be much missed by all the many who had the good fortune to count him as a colleague and a friend . |
| 12 | Father-of-three Russell Telford , 29 , forced the pit-cage operator to let him into the lift . |
| 13 | It is likely that Amin 's known opposition to the idea of establishing Soviet military bases on Afghan soil influenced the Soviet decision to remove him from power . |
| 14 | But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road . |
| 15 | She 'd probably have the bad taste to put him in one of her cynical , satirical stories . |