Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strapped for cash , he hurried inside and bartered for sex by handing over the silver watch given him by his sick father . |
| 2 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | Clubs punished him for taking unauthorised time off , missing training and breaking curfew . |
| 4 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 5 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 6 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 7 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 8 | The President regarded him for a moment and Trent thought that the old man might rally . |
| 9 | Both districts selected him for their under-21 practice matches in January , but the youngster , who played for Ayr while he was still at Kyle Academy , opted for his home district , Glasgow . |
| 10 | What had Corbett told him about her ? they asked . |
| 11 | The President called him into the room . |
| 12 | His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses . |
| 13 | Skipper Malcolm Ring promoted him to No 4 in the batting order as they chased victory against a team from Doncaster . |
| 14 | The night sweats frightened him at first . |
| 15 | She in return regarded him with what looked like admiration . |
| 16 | The Indians regarded him as a medicine man and his apple-tree enthusiasm , odd clothing and religious devotion — he distributed religious tracts torn in parts for widespread circulation — started many folktales . |
| 17 | ‘ When the judge sentenced him to five years I felt like shouting out ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Kate Connolly . |
| 18 | Lord Brougham believed of Liverpool that : ‘ No minister ever passed his time with so little ill-will directed against himself , or had so much forbearance shown him upon all occasions . ’ |
| 19 | Sudden pity softened him towards her , and he forgot his urge for revenge . |
| 20 | His years in England as a student of law involved him in an earnest effort of adaptation , and it is clear from his own account that he absorbed through his reading and his acquaintance a sense of British moral aspiration , for which he acquired a genuine respect . |
| 21 | Their host , the Rev Kenneth MacAulay , great-uncle of Thomas Babington of that name , had sent a letter explaining that he could not meet them in Nairn : his priestly duties detained him in Cawdor — to which Boswell adds a footnote . |
| 22 | The boy fixed him with a final look , but said no more , and slipped away into the crowd , only turning back once more . |
| 23 | Ronni fixed him with a look that required no interpretation . |
| 24 | The other , Benedict XIII , fled to the castle of Peñiscola in north-east Spain , where he spent the remainder of his days : the Council deposed him in July 1417 . |
| 25 | Why had Heather chosen him as a companion ? |
| 26 | Or had Roman told him about last night ? |
| 27 | He was a Georgian by birth ; did he , then , share the fierce nationalistic pride of his fellow-countrymen , or had his orphanage moulded him into one of the bland , rootless vegetables who regarded themselves as Soviet citizens ? |
| 28 | He condemned postwar curtailment of civil liberties , and support for parliamentary reform involved him in metropolitan politics , but he disappointed Whigs and Radicals alike . |
| 29 | Immigration officials detained him at Heathrow Airport and threatened to return him to Sweden . |
| 30 | Had n't Helen kept him at arms ' length for months now ? |