Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreigners tend to see him as a ‘ whingeing pom , brit etc. ’ and do not like the program . |
| 2 | Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise . |
| 3 | Now it becomes urgent to decide , but frivolous or weighty considerations keep pulling him in one direction or the other . |
| 4 | The expert is not precluded from taking this role unless the parties agree to prohibit him from doing so . |
| 5 | He does not , however , have to pursue his own investigations if the parties have provided him with sufficient evidence : 14.8 . |
| 6 | His gallic flair has illuminated Old Trafford and the United supporters have taken him to their hearts — they have even invented ( in their usual witty and original way ) a song which goes ‘ Ooh Aah Cantona , Ooh Aah cantona ’ . |
| 7 | The tunes played by the 25-year-old former London College of Music student have become a feature at the club this season and the Crewe directors intend to reward him with a free season ticket . |
| 8 | While is possible that Ryde have signed him in his other capacity as Saviour of the World , the official reason is that regular ‘ keeper Ian Lloyd is having trials with York City . |
| 9 | Craig Brown , the under-21 team manager , has lost three of his current squad — Ferguson , Booth and Wright — to the full squad and has decided to stand down the rest of his Premier Division-based players at a time when league commitments in England have deprived him of Anglos . |
| 10 | His passionate compression , luxuriant sound , and eclectic mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Latinate , and Celtic diction have made him for many readers both the greatest of Victorians and the first of the moderns . |
| 11 | The fishing habits of the angler banned from the British Pike Championship for allegedly using photographs of the same fish to claim three separate and spectacular catches have landed him in trouble again . |
| 12 | This global stance and anthropological imagination continue to guide him in his consideration of the relation between religion and culture , and his fascination with ‘ more primitive and self-contained peoples , where the culture and the religion are co-terminous ’ . |
| 13 | If so , perhaps the explosion and the subsequent punishment have brought him to his senses , for an upsurge in his form was highlighted by a violent century against Leicestershire . |
| 14 | It led to the first of his nine England caps , mostly on tour , where his tubby enthusiasm and — from behind the ropes anyway — his seemingly unathletic , but jauntily optimistic matelot 's gait have endeared him to crowds . |
| 15 | Many of Voight 's films have cast him as a none-too-bright but likeable hunk . |
| 16 | Sometimes Papert 's writings and his enthusiasm for changing the structure of education seem to place him in affinity with such educational radicals as Ivan Illich and Everett Reimer , but this is misleading . |
| 17 | The 24-year-old has suffered a string of injuries this season , and recent health problems have left him with too little time to regain full fitness . |
| 18 | Yet Mr Subirachs 's sculptures for the cathedral have placed him at the centre of a storm . |
| 19 | In this sacrament I meet the risen Christ ; I feed on him and rely on his promise that , as the people of God meet to recall him in his death and passion , so we are able to take the elements and say ‘ This is my body … |
| 20 | Caplow is aware of the problems of selling a long-lasting product ( business advisors have warned him against workwear 's long-term potential ) , although , like Roger Wade at Carhartt , he thinks the workwear brands can break out of their cult status . |
| 21 | ‘ Our people have met him in the social life of the arts world . |
| 22 | Souness has just heard that the SFA have banned him from sitting at the touchline for the remainder of the season , and yet again the tabloid press has pushed his tolerance beyond the limit . |
| 23 | Faustus 's fate is also made clearer by the addition of a scene before the final chorus where the scholars come to visit him on the morning after his final hour and find his body torn in pieces ( V , iii , 1–19 ) . |
| 24 | Nothing of the personality of the Spirit as embodied in Jesus will be lost when the disciples come to experience him as Paraclete . |
| 25 | But critics have accused him of being autocratic and intolerant of dissent . |
| 26 | His connections have kept him in training because he showed plenty of ability on the gallops and their decision can pay its first fruits with a win today as he looks a cut above Debsy Do and Nellie Dean . |
| 27 | After spending a few months gauging public reaction , West Mercia Police intend to use him as a kerbside deterrent against speeding . |
| 28 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 29 | Bill remarks that the criteria have helped him to be clearer about what is involved in being a good supervisor . |
| 30 | Peter Conrad 's previous books of critiism ismand autobiography have shown him to be a master of a certain style of brilliant , allusive , penetrating prose . |