Example sentences of "him under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police indicated that they would charge him under Zimbabwe 's Law and Order Maintenance Act for a statement he issued on Monday accusing the government of ‘ state terrorism ’ against students . |
| 2 | Gyorgy Aczel , the liberal-minded ideology chief , spotted the talented regional boss and took him under his wings . |
| 3 | Mr Foster , also of Barnes , was found lying on the floor with the knife that had killed him under his body . |
| 4 | A tram driver hid him under a seat in return for two packets of cigarettes and he escaped from the Austrian Soviet zone . |
| 5 | Ari sang , kicking him under the table . |
| 6 | For him , at that time and in that position , everything that could be seen between the distant boundaries of blue hill and black mountain , everything that spread below him under a fathomless heaven , was resonant with new meaning , new speech , new glory . |
| 7 | Buckley was a man in possession of secrets , and a 400-page confession had allegedly already been extracted from him under torture . |
| 8 | Cascarino , who had scored only once in nine appearances for Chelsea and was being barracked by a section of the crowd , admitted Allen 's goal put him under pressure . |
| 9 | Things were put in his tyres to cause a puncture , which had him under the most extreme tension and pressure . |
| 10 | His horse slipped and threw him under the wheels of a cart . |
| 11 | Miguelito buckled and Trent , as he hit the ground , kicked up hard with his left foot , catching him under the chin . |
| 12 | Trent held him under the cold water , hoping he would make some effort to support himself . |
| 13 | Blake pleaded guilty to the five charges against him under the Official Secrets Act which referred to him having passed on information since November 1951 . |
| 14 | Consent can adversely affect the normative situation of the agent either by placing him under an obligation or by derogating from his rights . |
| 15 | Vic keeps Baxter in suspense for a few moments , while he reviews the advantages of having him under an obligation . |
| 16 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 17 | Murray grabbed him under the ribs and they reached the bottom of the stairs . |
| 18 | Because you ca n't keep him under wraps for ever , and if you did marry him , you 'd have to be sure he would n't stray in your sister 's direction . |
| 19 | And I suggested to him that I sedate him , essentially put him under general anaesthesia with morphine , and let nature take its course . |
| 20 | He wanted to get back to his lodging house as soon as he could and get out of his suit , these tight-fitting shoes and his new white shirt which was just a little too small and caught him under the arms . |
| 21 | Each individual 's participation will be limited so that the aggregate price payable on the exercise of all options granted to him under the Scheme in any ten year period ( but leaving out of account options which have been exercised ) will not exceed four times his annual remuneration . |
| 22 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 23 | Without hesitation she kicked him under the chin , the full weight of the kick throwing him flat on the floor . |
| 24 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |
| 25 | I would n't have gone to meet him under any circumstances . |
| 26 | He understood that the boy had had little formal education until Edouard took him under his wing . |
| 27 | Lifting her foot , she aimed a kick at George , catching him under the ribs with her boot . |
| 28 | Swiftly she caught him under the armpits and heaved until she managed to persuade him from the ground . |
| 29 | Ratso gets Buck an introduction to a man ( John McGiver ) who is supposed to put him in touch with some rich ladies , but he begs Buck to get down on his knees and pray with him under a kitschy lit-up Jesus on the bathroom door of his hotel room . |
| 30 | I hoped my action in sending him the book would place him under a sense of obligation . |