Example sentences of "[prep] him the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stumbled after him the length of the church portico , bumping against him when he came to a sudden stop . |
| 2 | He commented on how much nicer towards him the family seemed to be , including Michael , who had been telling him about his own problems at work . |
| 3 | Far below him the river was a silver thread , curling and twining through meadows freshly green in sunlight ; and beyond it the folded hillocks rose plumed with clumps of trees , heaving and falling in a series of green bowls all along the flank of the dimpled ridge that soared to the dark green of woodland above . |
| 4 | Earlier in the story Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw ahead of him the place where he thought he would kill his son . |
| 5 | In front of him the page blurred . |
| 6 | On the dashboard in front of him the radio crackled and he picked it up . |
| 7 | At the sight of him the stranger started to fumble urgently with his money pouch . |
| 8 | Beneath him the woman 's face was pale and passive , her arms bent above her head , her rich hair spilling over the pillow . |
| 9 | Example 3:1 Limitation on liability of original tenant ( 1 ) in this clause " the original tenant " means the said … only and this clause applies to any period after the term hereby granted ceases to be vested in the original tenant ( 2 ) if and so often as the tenant fails to pay the rent or any other sum properly due under this lease or commits any breach of covenant known to the landlord then the landlord shall forthwith notify the original tenant of that fact ( 3 ) the landlord shall not be entitled to recover from the original tenant any arrears of rent or other sums payable under this lease where the rent or other sums claimed became due earlier than three months before the original tenant was notified under sub-clause ( 2 ) above ( 4 ) the original tenant shall not be liable for any arrears of rent or other sum falling due after the date upon which this lease is expressed to expire or any breach of covenant committed after that date Example 3:2 Limitation on liability of tenant ( 1 ) In this clause ( a ) " the original tenant " means only ( b ) " the original assignee " means a person to whom the original tenant lawfully assigns this lease ( 2 ) upon a lawful assignment of this lease by the original tenant the original tenant ( a ) shall be released from further personal liability for any breach of any of the tenant 's obligations under this lease occurring after the date of the assignment but ( b ) shall guarantee performance by the original assignee of those obligations until the expiry or other determination of the term or ( if sooner ) a lawful assignment of this lease by the original assignee Example 3:3 Restriction on landlord 's ability to sue original tenant at any time after the lawful assignment of this lease by [ name of original tenant ] the landlord shall not be entitled to enforce against him the tenant 's obligations under this lease unless the landlord shall have first ( 1 ) recovered judgment against all other persons against whom the landlord is or has become entitled to enforce those obligations either as principal or surety and ( 2 ) attempted to levy excution upon such judgment and upon payment by [ name of original tenant ] of any sum due under such judgment the landlord shall assign to him the benefit of it Example 3:4 Definition clause making tenant liable for rent during holding over period " the term " includes not only the term expressed to be granted by this lease but also any period after the date on which the term is expressed to expire during which the tenancy continues under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Example 3:5 Clause making the tenant liable to pay rent and interim rent promptly to pay the rent reserved by this lease without any deduction or set-off and any rent substituted for it either as a result of a rent review under this lease or the agreement or determination of a rent payable by virtue of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s24A |
| 10 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 11 | Behind him the sky has changed to sea , and he is charging down the hill . |
| 12 | Behind him the jungle is defocused , |
| 13 | Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree . |
| 14 | Millet grinned and stepped out onto the landing and behind him the door slammed cheerfully . |
| 15 | Behind him the door of the house whose occupant he had just been interviewing had been dosed with considerable firmness . |
| 16 | Behind him the man was running out into the roadway , already too far off for a useful shot . |
| 17 | Behind him the engine of his new red Rover was still running — a barely audible hum . |
| 18 | Behind him the landlord backed away as far along the bar as he could . |
| 19 | He left behind him the scene , still shockingly evident , of the destruction by the Israelis of the Osirak reactor , the flattened mound of concrete . |
| 20 | Behind him the dragon roared and crashed through the bushes as it tried to turn around , but Hrun was running , running , with his gaze fixed on Liartes and a dead branch in his hands . |
| 21 | Behind him the king . |
| 22 | Behind him the boy looked out , wide-eyed , wondering what was going on . |
| 23 | Behind him the Mushroom Farm was ablaze . |
| 24 | He cried , ‘ Hey , you guys , come on , I 've got one , ’ but behind him the school yard was silent . |
| 25 | On the wall behind him the name UBALDO VALESIO appeared over and over again in large black capitals . |
| 26 | Behind him the window merged through silver into a dusk of green and chrysanthemum . |
| 27 | Behind him the fog was rolling . |
| 28 | Behind him the river sparkled placidly in the sun . |
| 29 | Behind him the noise was changing , rising , as the fight wound up to pressure . |
| 30 | US sources in London insist that Mr Clinton has put behind him the resentment over Conservative involvement in the US election . |