Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jarvis 's money brought him in a tiny income , on which it was just possible to subsist if he walked everywhere , never went to the cinema , ate anything nice , smoked , drank , bought new clothes nor used the phone . |
| 2 | Robyn 's look left him in no doubt . |
| 3 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him . |
| 4 | Even in a ‘ sweep ’ movie [ see 5 ] like The Last Emperor , O'Toole 's Law deprived him of a Best Supporting nomination . |
| 5 | Some treated Charles Manson as a hero , and the underground newspaper , the Los Angeles Free Press allowed Manson to write a column for them while he was in jail ; another , called Tuesday 's Child depicted him on a cross . |
| 6 | Van de Wetering 's criticisms of Goldreyer 's restoration landed him with a claim in damages for libel amounting to $25 million from Goldreyer 's lawyer , to which Van de Wetering has since replied by asking the court in New York to declare the claim inadmissible on the grounds that he does not fall under the jurisdiction of the State of New York . |
| 7 | Newley 's body ambushed him in the darkness . |
| 8 | Owen 's reaction touched him on a sore spot ; and it was made all the sorer by an angry feeling inside him that there had indeed been incompetence , Egyptian incompetence , that he , Mahmoud , was ultimately responsible for it — and that there was absolutely nothing that he could in practice do about it . |
| 9 | Both safely negotiated the treacherous short 15th hole and Faldo 's putter rescued him on the 18th green . |
| 10 | Olazabal 's finish hauled him to the top of the European order of merit . |
| 11 | Joe started when Harry 's elbow caught him in the ribs as he said , ‘ I wonder if my illustrious brother will be as insufferable as he was during the Christmas holidays ? ’ |
| 12 | Mr Gill 's wife nominated him for the prize for his purchase of the ‘ Astronomicon ’ , a poem in Latin verse on astronomy and astrology of around 1455–60 by Basinio da Parma , dedicated to Malatesta Novello , lord of Cesena , and probably made in Rimini . |
| 13 | The Minister 's secretary buzzed him on the intercom . |
| 14 | Aenarion deflected the pulsing energy with his shield but the power of the daemon 's attack cast him from the saddle . |
| 15 | As it was , the week he spent on Mrs Goreng 's tour confirmed him in the ideas he had brought with him . |
| 16 | As he reached the gate , Carrie 's voice brought him to a halt . |
| 17 | Nicholas 's voice checked him for a moment but when he turned he saw that the taxi driver was out of the cab and attempting to restrain him . |
| 18 | Once , Barry 's daughter asked him for an autograph . |
| 19 | Mrs Knight said Bruce 's daughter joined him in the house and cleared out a bureau which she had in the bedroom . |
| 20 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 21 | But the end of his mother 's letter cheered him despite the regret he felt , the memory he could still conjure up of Jonas and himself as boys , flying a kite in a London park , tussling with one another , kicking a football . |
| 22 | He stood still , his drunken face sagging as Ranulf 's dagger pricked him under the chin . |
| 23 | Mozart 's reputation preceded him on the return trip , and the family were frequently detained so that he could give performances and display his talents . |
| 24 | The range and quality of Jenks 's contribution placed him among the foremost writers on international law of his generation . |
| 25 | BEFORE Germany 's press caught him in a questionable stockmarket deal , Franz Steinkühler looked like a working-class hero . |
| 26 | A key part of the prince 's trip took him to the logistics base Camp Redoubt , set up on a tortuous mountain pass between Vitez in central Bosnia and Tomislavgrad near the Croatian border . |
| 27 | HE DID NOT know why but , upstairs , Amelia 's house reminded him of a jungle . |
| 28 | TONY WILSON 's win over Steve McCarthy in the British light-heavyweight title eliminator at Southampton last month , when McCarthy refused to continue after Wilson 's mother attacked him in the ring , has been officially ratified by the British Board of Control . |
| 29 | Bernice 's summons halted him in the doorway . |