Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth reminding him of the fact that Japan 's economy grew by 4.5 per cent. , and ours shrank by 2.5 per cent . |
| 2 | I said to Schur , after reminding him of his promise , ‘ Tell Anna . ’ |
| 3 | While the firm would not be compelled to disclose or utilise the information about B when advising A , the fact that it owes a duty of confidentiality to B will not necessarily constitute a defence to a breach of its duty of disclosure to A. If the firm is to be fully protected it must obtain A2 's consent to its acting in the conflict situation after informing him of its conflicting duties and the fact that it can not perform its full duties of disclosure . |
| 4 | Scorned girlfriend Kathryn George Harries , 29 , wreaked her revenge at the home of her 75-year-old lover after suspecting him of being unfaithful . |
| 5 | A Greek court sentenced Muhammad Rashid , a Palestinian , to 18 years in prison on Jan. 8 after convicting him of premeditated manslaughter for his role in the 1982 mid-air bombing of a US Pan-Am airliner over Hawaii in which one person died [ see pp. 36563 ; 36667 ] . |
| 6 | Much of Muskie 's political fame was earned from his leadership in environmental affairs , which was now being eroded not only by Nixon 's proposals but also by a Ralph Nader report on air pollution which strongly criticized Muskie 's role in the past and just stopped short of accusing him of selling out to industrial polluters ( Lundqvist , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Romana believed the Junta of the Asturias to be ‘ republican ’ in sympathy , and accused it of starving him of supplies . |
| 8 | In O'Reilly v. Mackman the House of Lords held that a prisoner who was seeking to challenge ( on the ground of breach of natural justice ) a decision of a Board of Prison Visitors which had the effect of depriving him of a remission of sentence , had to use AJR procedure because he had no private law right to a remission but only a legitimate expectation that the remission would be granted if no disciplinary sentence of forfeiture of remission had been made against him . |
| 9 | Of Malcolm McLaren 's collaborators at the time of the Sex Pistols , Jamie Reid gets a mention for persuading him of the importance of situationism , and Vivienne Westwood for producing a t-shirt slogan proclaiming how boring Derek Jarman 's Jubilee was . |
| 10 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 11 | You did us a great service in warning him of the threat to his life , Isabel . |
| 12 | For , whatever else , she would not marry Havvie Blaine now , and she would lose no time in informing him of that fact . |
| 13 | Providing the valuer had been honest and diligent , the court should be cautious before convicting him of professional negligence merely because he had failed to be the first to spot a ‘ sleeper ’ . |
| 14 | The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance . |
| 15 | To refuse to pay that would be tantamount to accusing him of lying , and such an accusation can not be countenanced in these circumstances . |
| 16 | At the time of his resignation Miyazawa had stated that an aide , Tsuneo Hattori , had purchased the shares without informing him of the transaction . |
| 17 | JEWKES : Maybe I am , for to rob him of yourself would be the worst thing that could happen to him . |
| 18 | Though had Leith any anxieties about telling him of her feelings , then she discovered that they were unnecessary anyway , for , glancing at Naylor again , she saw that a cold mask seemed to have slipped over his features . |
| 19 | He thanked Mr Major for clearing him of any breach of ministerial rules . |
| 20 | She made a direct assault on his leadership credentials by accusing him of planning to introduce Labour Party policies and implying that he was motivated primarily by personal ambition . |
| 21 | Do n't undermine the patient 's confidence by accusing him of not trying when he can not fulfil a task . |
| 22 | His gregarious mother sometimes teases her son by accusing him of being too virtuous . |
| 23 | While the Premier had fun in the sun , Labour 's Mr Brown bowled him a bumper by accusing him of REFUSING to act and REFUSING to speak . |
| 24 | Notably , in an unscheduled address to the Congress on May 23 , Gorbachev had rounded on Yeltsin 's Russian sovereignty proposals by accusing him of " seeking to separate Russia from socialism " and of implicitly advocating the breakup of the Soviet Union . |
| 25 | The patient 's self-esteem can be enhanced by reminding him of positive aspects of his personality or previous accomplishments . |
| 26 | History thus cuts man down to size by reminding him of his origins : its characteristic insight is hindsight . |
| 27 | My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven . |
| 28 | But perhaps , by telling him of it she might break through the shell of quiet self-sufficiency and recollection that had kept her at bay since his return from Student Cross . |
| 29 | She wondered whether she could gain his respect by telling him of her d'Urberville blood . |
| 30 | She also wondered if she had put him off by telling him of her previous engagement and how wary of love it had left her . |