Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally Ayatollah Khomeini had reclaimed his mantle as the most radical of the Imams by proclaiming a fatwa against Rushdie in February 1989 , effectively condemning him to death . |
| 2 | The plea or defence to this was that the notes were made jointly and severally by the defendant 's father , John Revill , and by Samuel Revill , as well as by the defendant , and that before the action the plaintiff , without the defendant 's knowledge or consent , struck out the name of Samuel Revill on the notes and wholly discharged him from liability . |
| 3 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 4 | While the shame of the public defamation felt by the typical Nazi lawyer was allegedly almost enough to drive him to suicide , reactions of astonishment , disbelief , anxiety , and criticism can be read between the lines of the responses from judges and the justice administration , and the most outspoken reaction was that the Führer had been badly misinformed and his ‘ wholly unexpected attack on justice ’ much ‘ discussed and criticized ’ . |
| 5 | And if I handle all with my own hands , and keep the prince clear of it — though he knows my mind , and it is his mind , too — I do so to preserve him from harassment by those who will hear of nothing less than Owen 's head on London Bridge . |
| 6 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 7 | Well Stu does a great Bruce Forsyth impression and appears to be perfecting Jimmy Hill as well , so ply him with beer and he 'll have a word with the Chelsea Chopper . |
| 8 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |
| 9 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 10 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 11 | She constantly pestered him with telephone calls , messages and even turned up at his home . |
| 12 | Now however , it only fills him with horror , the chill marble is like the cold of the corpse . |
| 13 | I 've only got him on tape . |
| 14 | He is a born teacher , who always keeps his pupil in mind , gently leads him from point to point and is always ready to anticipate his next question or objection . |
| 15 | Raider Terence Joseph , 27 , ran off , but was caught after TV 's Crime Monthly showed him on security film . |
| 16 | The elder was behaving as if parties of white women were constantly presenting him with gunpowder . |
| 17 | The thought suddenly spurred him into action . |
| 18 | There was a cousin Dilwyn from whom he became inseparable ( they even shared a pair of roller skates ) and to whom he gave the greatest tribute of affection by constantly getting him into trouble . |
| 19 | Among the more comprehensive books on twentieth-century Mexican art in recent years , Shifra Goldman only mentions him in passing , Luis Cardoza y Aragón says little more than that Gironella ‘ escapes him ’ , and Ida Rodriguez Prampolini dismisses him from her discussion of Mexican surrealism as an ‘ international ’ artist , more closely related to Spain than to Mexico . |
| 20 | The painful blow was hard enough to knock him off balance , and he tucked in his right shoulder , hitting the ground in a flying break-fall . |
| 21 | Not bad enough , he judged , for him to stay in bed but bad enough to keep him at home . |
| 22 | We 'd better have him in ITU I think . ’ |
| 23 | This more dynamic model of natural relationships would become an integral part of Darwin 's thinking , but it was not by itself enough to convert him to evolutionism . |
| 24 | We really only knew him through childhood over-the-counter dealings smiling , ever-patient , avuncular . |
| 25 | Sometimes her beauty so took him by surprise , that he lost the thread of speech . |
| 26 | If so dress him in white and use sunshine soapflakes to get the dirt out . ) |
| 27 | Lennie is fascinated by her , but George knows that his fascination will only get him into trouble , so he says : |
| 28 | ‘ No , I think I 'd better put him in touch with you . ’ |
| 29 | Innocent " postulated " Mauger , i.e. using his plenitude of power , he personally nominated him as bishop , dispensing him from his impediment . |
| 30 | He had been out and was coming in , although the way he walked suggested that going out had not been a great success , and that not much awaited him at home . |