Example sentences of "[verb] him of [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned round and have managed to encourage him of his own volition to rejoin the others to make sure that all six enter the Pentland Firth and have a free passage out into the Atlantic . ’ |
| 2 | What most terrified Bernier was the notion that his long stay in India would rob him of his cultivated Parisian sensibilities . |
| 3 | 2–10–1905 They discussed the report of the Synod Committee and were dissatisfied , the report being " a misrepresentation of the state of the congregation " and expressed their sympathy with Rev. Peter Stewart and assured him of their full confidence . |
| 4 | If she 'd taken her courage in both hands , and told him of her true feelings , they might have had a chance to work something out . |
| 5 | I told him of my past life in the village , and my expectations . |
| 6 | Lunching with Lord Dynevor , I told him of my settled feeling that I am playing in the final of the FA Cup , that there are three minutes to go and that my team is 0-4 down . |
| 7 | I asked him from which part of that county he came and when he said Preston , I told him of my own connections and was amazed to find that his parents had kept the shop in St. Paul 's Road where I had gone to buy sweets in 1920 . |
| 8 | Yet he had since seen Aycliffe and told him of his unaltered intention to come into possession of them by wedding her . |
| 9 | Finding a faint pulse , she divested him of his white coat , and tied him up with a length of cable . |
| 10 | While the firm would not be compelled to disclose or utilise the information about B when advising A , the fact that it owes a duty of confidentiality to B will not necessarily constitute a defence to a breach of its duty of disclosure to A. If the firm is to be fully protected it must obtain A2 's consent to its acting in the conflict situation after informing him of its conflicting duties and the fact that it can not perform its full duties of disclosure . |
| 11 | Bishop Harris assures him of our loyal support |
| 12 | Somebody shot the undertaker while he sat indoors in his shirt sleeves , stripped him of his remaining clothing and pushed him in the sea at the sewage outfall at or near high water . |
| 13 | He came directly to the parlour shared by Astorre , John and Tobie , followed by servants attempting to rid him of his wet cloak . |
| 14 | From her own questioning she had made sure that Mr Miller bought only the best puppies from reliable breeders and , in turn , she had told him of her own circumstances . |
| 15 | He brings with him a wealth of experience and for our part , we assure him of our loyal support ’ . |
| 16 | I assure him of our full support for action to stop the hypocrisy of exporting calves for veal production in other countries . |
| 17 | The Queen was forced to strip him of it 13 years later . |
| 18 | Reputable government officials grovelled to assure him of their impeccable record of loyal activities in the YMCA , as a boy scout , a churchgoer , a Sunday School activist . |
| 19 | ‘ Shih Clarac , ’ he answered , distancing the man at once and subtly reminding him of their relative status . |
| 20 | Sir Thomas remonstrated with him , as was his duty , reminding him of his high calling and how he will be required , in accordance with royal custom , to make a match advantageous to the realm — that is to say with a foreign princess . ’ |
| 21 | His brave words echoed around the world after the IRA 's bomb in Enniskillen robbed him of his beloved daughter . |
| 22 | She rose on to her knees and looked as though she was praying , but her eyes were fully open and the clenched look on her remarkably white face with its mannish black eyebrows suddenly reminded him of her dead mother . |
| 23 | At that moment , a warning pressure reminded him of its menacing presence . |
| 24 | You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled . |
| 25 | Aline said , ‘ Maybe you reminded him of his long-lost youth . ’ |
| 26 | Away to his right the lighthouse stood on its rocky island like a picture in a story book and it all reminded him of his first holiday by the sea at the age of seven . |
| 27 | It now reminded him of his first visit to DEEP . |
| 28 | The sight of an open pub told him how much time had passed and also reminded him of his normal comfort in moments of stress . |
| 29 | When he did feel able to write to Coenwulf he reminded him of his humble origins ( but avoided reference to his matrimonial difficulties ) and exhorted him to remember always the very best features of Offa 's reign , avoiding Offa 's displays of greed and cruelty . |
| 30 | One hour later , after a breakfast that reminded him of his French experience in its meagreness , and made worse by the perpetual drone of Mr Multhrop 's stream of nervous apologies to each new arrival , he was ready to greet Auguste and his flock . |