Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [v-ing] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the goods have been dispatched , the manufacturer sends an advice note to the retailer informing him of the date and time of dispatch . |
| 2 | He chose a place between two snoring servants and laid down to sleep , oblivious to the figure watching him from the shadows . |
| 3 | The detectives who were not detectives after all stepped forward to meet him , one of them shaking hands , the other slapping him on the back . |
| 4 | This looked promising : 3 He is produced by fusion , there is an excessive abundance of the substance in volcanic gases so maybe here was the evidence staring him in the face that fusion is taking place among the volcanic rocks . |
| 5 | I always knew I would be apprenticed to Joe as soon as I was old enough , and so I used to spend most of the day helping him in the forge . |
| 6 | As he did he drove a fist hard into Connelly 's face , the impact propelling him across the kitchen . |
| 7 | The Woman smashing him to the ground and beating at his face . |
| 8 | The letter informing him of the sentence pronounced upon him was headed derisively : ‘ The Holy Synod to Nestorius the new Jew . ’ |
| 9 | I cleared the gun and fired at the Corporal , the burst hitting him in the chest and knocking him backwards into a line of sheets which he brought winding down around him . |