Example sentences of "[vb pp] him of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A single moment when she 'd reminded him of his sister meant nothing … |
| 2 | I may have reminded him of his wife or daughter . |
| 3 | Jodie Cooper from Australia told me that she had been out at Haleiwa when Johnny Boy got it into his head that she had robbed him of his wave . |
| 4 | He had wooed her with hunger tempered with tenderness , lifting her to heights of fulfilment she could never have even imagined before she had met him , and she 'd been a willing , eager vessel , wreaking her woman 's power over him , submitting joyfully to his possession until in the final moment of consummation she had robbed him of his strength , leaving him as helpless as Samson shorn of his crowning glory . |
| 5 | Then , on went the lights followed by another scream from ‘ Lousy Lou ’ — someone had relieved him of his tins as well . |
| 6 | Perhaps , thought Harry , Heather had not told him of her visit to Oxford — or what she had learned there . |
| 7 | From her own questioning she had made sure that Mr Miller bought only the best puppies from reliable breeders and , in turn , she had told him of her own circumstances . |
| 8 | One incident in particular had convinced him of her genuineness . |
| 9 | Robert 's expression had obviously convinced him of his innocence . |
| 10 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 11 | ‘ Although her captivity chafed her and her disappearance , as the lord King has found cause to remind me , has deprived him of her considerable ransom . |
| 12 | She had deprived him of his pleasure with the wayward Meik . |
| 13 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 14 | His instinct for self preservation had warned him of her move long before she had made it . |