Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carpenter looked at him , then at Benedicta and , throwing back his head , laughed hysterically until the porter struck him across the face . |
| 2 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 3 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 4 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 5 | The Prince patted him on the back . |
| 6 | De Craon was sitting in a high-backed chair near the window , a small scroll of parchment on his lap , apparently waiting for the Prince to summon him to an audience . |
| 7 | Maxim did his best to shrug inside the ropes wrapping him to the chair . |
| 8 | When the goods have been dispatched , the manufacturer sends an advice note to the retailer informing him of the date and time of dispatch . |
| 9 | The trial unmasked him as a complete charlatan and , in the words of one detective , ‘ as close to being the perfect rapist as you could get ’ . |
| 10 | The rye hid him from the French rankers , and only those officers on horseback could see the Rifleman over the tall crop . |
| 11 | Suddenly , to the Collector 's astonishment , the Padre gripped him by the throat and shouted : " A matter of opinion ! |
| 12 | Nieto was walking alongside the touchline when a ball kicked from within the field hit him in the face , breaking his glasses . |
| 13 | The Economist interviewed him in a chintzy suite at Claridge 's . |
| 14 | It would have been nice , however , if the band had informed Gannon of the decision to fire him before the rumours spread through the Mancunian underground . |
| 15 | He was an Apostle and a prizeman , though his zeal as president of the Union condemned him to a second in part ii ( 1904 ) after a first in part i ( 1902 ) of the classical tripos . |
| 16 | The gang assaulted him during the drive to Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire , then threw him out of the car . |
| 17 | The Muslims saw him as a Russian , the Russians saw him as a Muslim . |
| 18 | Regular work for New Society and the Times launched him as a freelance editorial illustrator , and he has an impressive list of clients — in the '80s he drew all the covers for Penguin 's new editions of Anthony Burgess ' work , and his work has appeared in the Independent on Sunday , Observer , Radio Times , New Scientist , American Esquire and — among other things — in numerous advertisements and promotions for whisky in the UK , Ireland and the US . |
| 19 | The paradigm presents him with a set of definite problems together with methods that he is confident will be adequate for their solution . |
| 20 | Those who think of Pound as a great liberator from stiff and hidebound conventions will be disconcerted to find that Newbolt on the contrary treats him as an academic formalist . |
| 21 | After his death , the Maori honoured him with a lying-in-state at Pipitea Marae , near Wellington Cathedral , and a karanga ( lament ) by two kuia ( older women ) who remained with the casket throughout the ceremonies . |
| 22 | Padding the streets and prying into the window of a man 's life , and the trail turned him towards the second-floor flat of Mrs Angela Holly ( née Wells ) , two miles from the home of her former husband and parents-in-law . |
| 23 | Quickly I hurled two magical fireballs , both hit the creature of the night square in the chest reducing him to a pile of smouldering bones . |
| 24 | Quickly I hurled two magical fireballs , both hit the creature of the night square in the chest reducing him to a pile of smouldering bones . |
| 25 | Well what responsibility does the church have for down and outs and should the vicar try to get rid of this man in the churchyard , or should the vicar invite him into the vicarage . |
| 26 | For ten minutes he becomes a wandering minstrel , illuminated by the bass-player following him with a torch from the stage . |
| 27 | The defendant , who paid £10 per deal , said that the amphetamine put him on a high for an hour and that he used to escape pressures and worries . |
| 28 | Tweed caught a cab , told the driver to drop him at the Piccadilly entrance to the Burlington Arcade . |
| 29 | He did n't want to run into Ballater again ; his wish to purchase the cottage put him in the enemy camp and threatened his peace . |
| 30 | There was a vicious crack like a pistol-shot and the lash struck him across the back , splitting open the shirt , tearing the skin . |