Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James and the Nazarean hierarchy send their own missionaries in his wake , to undo his preaching and compromise him with his own converts — for Paul , by now , is preaching something very different from what the Nazareans themselves , under Jesus 's brother , have sanctioned . |
| 2 | When will you realise that so-called ‘ funny-man ’ Vic Reeves is n't actually funny and see him for what he is — a talentless , dumb Northerner . |
| 3 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 4 | Much credit is due to the quick thinking of his jockey John Buckingham riding in his first Grand National , in steering him over to the wide outside and popping him through a gap . |
| 5 | Part of the cuff was visible and reminded him of Middy sleeping under the quilt . |
| 6 | Septimus Coffin , with a little bow of the head , retired and left him to it . |
| 7 | His eyes blackened angrily and Ruth supposed she had been right and exposed him for what he was — a cool bastard . |
| 8 | Phone Rich and ask him about the sound ! |
| 9 | Pilger then got even more upset and accused him of wanting to produce the Daily Star . |
| 10 | He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface . |
| 11 | The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty through the preliminary hearings and trial in the King 's Bench Court , where Mr Justice Embury found him guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging . |
| 12 | ‘ The good men of the realm , great and small , rich and poor , by common assent ’ found him guilty and sentenced him to death . |
| 13 | The moulding was hard and marked him for life . |
| 14 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 15 | ‘ Kevin Vose was 130th in the national and to beat him like that is a dream for me . |
| 16 | It was held that the employers were in breach of their personal duty of care , as they should have told the plaintiff to test the sashes to see if they were loose and provided him with wedges . |
| 17 | ‘ Michael went down to his room to sort it out , they argued , and Banville went berserk and pushed him off the balcony . |
| 18 | Whilst I was behind Desmond he was on two engines and landed heavily ; one of his engines came adrift and preceded him along the flarepath . |
| 19 | His friend Sir Thomas Lauder of Grange and Fountainhall tells of one humorous incident where Geikie once followed a particularly pompous , pot-bellied and self-assertive porter through the marketplace sketching as he went until the victim got angry and chased him into a house from whose attic window Geikie completed the sketch with some extra touches to show features of indignation to perfect the picture . |
| 20 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 21 | He wanted to get back to his lodging house as soon as he could and get out of his suit , these tight-fitting shoes and his new white shirt which was just a little too small and caught him under the arms . |
| 22 | But the swimming both pleased and excited him with its demands . |
| 23 | His blindness was more spiritual and endeared him to her . |
| 24 | Did they take him there sober and ply him with booze until he reached the point specified by the director ? |
| 25 | ‘ I have work to attend to , Master Corbett The inn-keeper 's body has been coffined and has now to be churched before the villagers become too drunk and dump him in the pond . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm going to ring the Chief Super and keep him in touch with developments . |
| 27 | Needless to say I got a little excited and told him to quietly shut the engine down and if he wanted to wash the coveralls tonight in gasoline to go about a hundred and fifty yards over there . |
| 28 | She sees red and kills him with a very convenient weapon . |
| 29 | Freddie found this a bit intrusive or insensitive and killed him in front of the seaside spectators . |
| 30 | He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child . |