Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position was that the Food Controller , purporting to be acting under Defence of the Realm Regulations , had imposed as a condition of the grant of a licence to purchase milk the payment to him by the purchaser of a charge of 2d. per gallon . |
| 2 | The Shipping Controller purporting to act under Defence of the Realm Regulations had imposed as a condition of licensing the sale of a ship to a foreign purchaser the payment to him by the seller of 15 per cent . |
| 3 | The poem was the finest Wordsworth had yet written , and , coming so soon after his departure from Alfoxden , suggests that the loss to him of the Quantock countryside had been of little real significance . |
| 4 | That Burhaneddin Herevi may have had , or gained through this event , some official standing , however , is suggested by the reference to him in the biography of Molla Husrev as " multi in the lands of Rum " , a more precise title than is otherwise encountered except in the case of Molla Fenari . |
| 5 | He knew and we knew that he was pretty hopeless at ball games , so we readily relinquished the bat to him in the hopes of another of his clowning sessions . |
| 6 | Partly in recompense for disbanding Wilson 's Drama Department , Newman gave the assignment to him with the expressed intention of fostering a year-round drama serial suitable for all age groups : the drive for class — indivisible Television to cross all boundaries and backgrounds . |
| 7 | He promised to take the cast to him in the morning , and I arranged to call at his office at noon to learn what he had discovered from the dentist . |
| 8 | THE Vendor is seized of the property hereinafter described for an estate in fee simple in possession free from encumbrances save as hereinafter mentioned and has agreed with the Purchaser for the sale to him of the said property for a like estate at the price of five thousand pounds |