Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 2 | After losing power and suffering a humiliating defeat in the 1988 elections , he had little more than a spoiling role , thwarting attempts to dislodge him from the presidency of the Pakistan Moslem League , Pakistan 's oldest political party . |
| 3 | Searelle invited artistes to contact him by first writing to John , who thus became responsible for their standards . |
| 4 | One note of warning : if you think of Sherlock Holmes as being an historical figure ( and it 's hard not to , so lifelike was Conan Doyle 's portrayal ) do n't try to write stories bringing him to life again . |
| 5 | He does not claim to offer us some ‘ truth ’ separable from himself , but challenges men to recognise him as the one who is the truth , and the truth into which we too are brought out of our own untruthfulness when we recognise who he is . |
| 6 | Venables , who also dismissed reports linking him with jobs in Spain , said : ‘ I 've spoken to the players and suggested they do n't get further involved they 've shown their support . |
| 7 | One of the " infiltrators " was subsequently shot dead by an IDF patrol ; according to Israeli reports , the dead gunmen had carried documents identifying him as a member of Hamas and of the Jordanian Popular Army . |
| 8 | None are so efficient in obtaining specimens as the naked black , whose noiseless and gliding steps enable him to steel upon it unheard and unperceived , and with a gun in his hand he rarely allows it to escape , and in many instances , he will even kill it with his own weapons . ’ |
| 9 | It is a pity that Fforde 's determination to present the Conservative party as decided individualists prevented him from exploring the confusion in the Conservative ranks indicated by his evidence . |
| 10 | He would cajole , flatter and persuade congressmen to support him by using his wide knowledge of their attitudes , constituencies , prejudices and personal backgrounds . |
| 11 | As William slid the bolts the doors suddenly swung violently outwards , throwing him off balance , and before he could recover two heavily built men pinned him against the office wall . |
| 12 | In Tsarist Russia , icons were often placed in railway-station waiting-rooms and in Greece there were shrines at stations where the traveller could light candles to protect him on his journey . |
| 13 | The latest sighting of Hamilton-Jones at the Kelvin Hall prompted Ward to report yesterday that senior officials would meet quickly to discuss methods to prevent him from competing . |
| 14 | When I joined others congratulating him after the performance , he beamed at me , ‘ What did I tell you ? |
| 15 | Becky Blandford , who married the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate in 1990 , obtained injunctions restraining him from violence , from coming to her home and from removing their son , George . |
| 16 | Becky Blandford , who married the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate in 1990 , obtained injunctions restraining him from violence , from coming to her home and from removing their son , George . |
| 17 | Both of them took turns to kick him in the mouth and eyes . |
| 18 | Not for the first time this season MrTyson needed a police escort as protesting losers surrounded him at the end . |
| 19 | This rational presentation often follows a period of ingratiation through which the subordinate aims to get superiors to like him as a charming but intelligent expert . |
| 20 | He has resisted attempts to remove him from the Maine Road board in the past , but it has become clear that Lee 's intervention provided much greater pressure on him to step aside . |
| 21 | In other classes learned men told him about the economic infrastructure of the Low Countries and Germany , and the Burmese rubber nexus . |
| 22 | That master craftsman would then himself employ helpers to assist him in the completion of that contract . |
| 23 | Fido 's owners should be aware of this and take steps to play him at his own game . |
| 24 | The farmer whose land they had been riding on had looked up his old racing programmes and had found the Newbury card listing the horse he said Bones reminded him of . |
| 25 | Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. |
| 26 | But in the former case the plaintiff will have a capital asset in his hands , and he is only entitled to recover damages to compensate him for the additional expenditure involved . |
| 27 | RSPCA experts , concerned for his care , were today due to ask police to release him into their care as early as possible . |
| 28 | Philip III had impris-oned Armagnac at Péronne for non-payment of the fine and Edward I wrote letters supporting him in September and November 1282 . |
| 29 | It is obvious that Bellini had assistants to help him in his studio ; indeed , there is documentary proof of that . |