Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rallied behind him despite an interview at the weekend in which he suggested he had considered the possibility of a contest for the leadership after this year . |
| 2 | It was n't as if she was attracted to him as an individual . |
| 3 | He did talk about his time as the Dauphin in a way that made people fairly sure that if the Stratford management had come to him with an offer , he would have grabbed it . |
| 4 | This weighed on him like an inactive dreadnought suit of combat armour , imprisoning him ; and he sought his enhanced clarity , as it were , to restore power to that suit . |
| 5 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , hell-oh , ’ said a large man as she tried to slip by him with an ‘ excuse-me ’ . |
| 7 | We which I would hope when will itemise the qualities and strengths of the child that you want to cover , like when we do personal statements or joint statements in the tenth and eleventh year that if the form teacher just ca n't write well Fred 's worked very well , he 's done extremely well in English we 'll actually start to talk about him as an individual and his strengths and weaknesses . |
| 8 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , people can identify with him as an ordinary , decent bloke . ’ |
| 10 | After the event , 239 of the Earl 's friends subscribed towards a trophy to be presented to him as an expression of their gratitude and to commemorate the Tournament . |
| 11 | The thought came to him in an instant as he stood , hesitating over whether to join the fight . |
| 12 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 13 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 14 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 15 | The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street , looking around him with an expression of keen interest . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 4 ) Where a person elects not to perform an agreement which by virtue of this section is unenforceable against him or by virtue of this section recovers money paid or other property transferred by him under an agreement he shall repay any money and return any other property received by him under the agreement . |
| 17 | Palmer 's views were shared by the other Northern Residents who , early in his career as Lieutenant-Governor , were organized by him into an effective pressure group known as the Conference of Residents . |
| 18 | But in the last twelve months the fury of the entire national had been aroused against him by an aged , exiled cleric for whom he had only contempt . |
| 19 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
| 20 | Every incriminating word that Younis uttered within range of the room bugs was meticulously recorded , transcribed and translated as evidence to be used against him in an American court . |
| 21 | The light from the launderette had shone upon him like an arc lamp . |
| 22 | His father turned toward him with an earnestness that Jack had never before seen in his face . |
| 23 | If land is given to an infant by will or conveyed to him on an intestacy the legal estate vests in the representatives of the deceased who hold it in trust for the infant . |
| 24 | The producer turned to him with an apologetic smile , his voice injected with what the sergeant considered a theatrical dose of concern . |
| 25 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 26 | On 30 August , Amery was saying how glad he was that Hailsham was outside the government ; ‘ I can look to him as an ally in helping to bring the thing to a conclusion reasonably soon . ’ |
| 27 | FISA president Max Mosley told a news conference that the French Formula One driver would not be disciplined for highly critical remarks about FISA officials attributed to him in an interview with a French magazine . |
| 28 | One night just off the M6 in Cheshire , Thor rewarded all the training , attention and love shown to him with an avalanche of devotion and courage . |
| 29 | As Jack goes on hunting , the little ones look at him as an expert . |
| 30 | Now Sebastian is dead , long dead , and Alix is married to Brian Bowen , son of a saw polisher , grandson of a furnaceman , and often sits with him on an old settee in her stockinged feet . |