Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RSPCA inspectors found him after combing the area for an hour following a tip off . |
| 2 | This peculiar quality of solid , clenched abstraction appears in phrase after phrase — " compactness " dwells within the " " compression " " of Horatian metres ; but as soon as a translator attempts to transpose him into English quatrains , things go askew and adrift , because every compression is paid for with an expansion . |
| 3 | Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale . |
| 4 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 5 | His early recordings were rather slick , but some musician friends turned him onto Gospel music and soon he was blasting away , moaning and chanting and stuffing in Latin rhythms and bits of C&W and inventing soul music along the way . |
| 6 | Haughey 's original choice for the Defence post , James McDaid , withdrew hours after his nomination when opposition leaders accused him of being a Sinn Féin " fellow-traveller " in that he had opposed the extradition to the United Kingdom of an IRA escapee , James Pius Clarke . |
| 7 | Preston referee Jim Parker appears at the FA this afternoon to explain his version of events that led to the West Brom players reporting him for swearing . |
| 8 | The man was disabled eight months after the soldiers died when UVF men shot him in the back . |
| 9 | ROKER flop John Colquhoun has revealed how terrace taunts stung him into his best performance for Sunderland . |
| 10 | Hundreds of people were expected to attend the service for Mr Peacock , who died in his teenage daughter 's arms minutes after UVF gunmen shot him in the back at his north Belfast house . |
| 11 | However , it will take several hundred pounds in vet bills to restore him to good health . |
| 12 | Elected a fellow of Exeter in 1850 , he was ordained ( deacon in 1852 and priest in 1853 ) and remained a fellow ( from 1893 honorary fellow ) until his death , save for the period from 1868 , when he vacated his fellowship on his marriage , until 1882 , when the passing of the statutes of the second university commissioners enabled him to be readmitted as a fellow . |
| 13 | Lowther was active as a barrister and , according to his autobiography , the circuit judges nominated him in 1616 as a JP for Westmorland ; he joined his father on a bench which welcomed his legal knowledge . |
| 14 | It might all have been different had Gooch clung on to either of the two catches Nigel Briers offered him on 26 and 61 . |
| 15 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 16 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 17 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 18 | The black mouths of the peat haggs reminded him of stories about ghosts and murders . |
| 19 | Despite his lack of political experience , Clouthier 's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead . |
| 20 | Continuing his co-operating with our department , the owner contacted us and it was arranged for one of our Investigation officers to accompany him to Belgium in the guise of a mechanic . |
| 21 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
| 22 | In recognition of his enormous contribution to world tennis , fellow ITF members presented him during the World Champions Dinner in the elegant Pavilion Gabriel in Paris , during the French Open , with a specially commissioned bust , complete with that pugnacious chin which perfectly reflects the determined response he has always presented to any potentially damaging challenge . |
| 23 | By the terms of his enrolment , there is little doubt that the provision of regular review assessment panels helped him by offering support , encouragement and occasionally chastisement for letting himself down . |
| 24 | While some gay rights groups denounced him for promoting negative stereotypes , ‘ Men On Film ’ also became a regular feature on the gay club circuit . |
| 25 | On Sept. 6 interest in the Iran-contra investigation was renewed when a federal grand jury indicted Clair E. George , former chief of CIA covert operations , on 10 felony accounts accusing him of lying to and obstructing congressional and judicial investigations of the Iran-contra affair . |
| 26 | The night sweats frightened him at first . |
| 27 | Immigration officials detained him at Heathrow Airport and threatened to return him to Sweden . |
| 28 | Be sure though to let the ‘ nice guy ’ have his say and in conflict situations bring him into play by asking for his views . |
| 29 | Witney magistrates remanded him in custody until tomorrow . |
| 30 | Even following the assassination in February of the leading Nazi functionary in Switzerland , Wilhelm Gustloff , by a young Jew , the proximity of the Winter Olympics and foreign policy considerations confined him to a single and , in his terms , relatively ‘ moderate ’ , speech at the funeral , attacking Jewry in generalized terms as the stimulus behind practically every political ‘ martyr ’ of the Right since the Revolution of 1918 . |