Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] him of the " in BNC.

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1 He eventually slumps back into his seat , his smarting face and aching eyes reminding him of the misled thought journey that took him back round to before where he started .
2 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. envoys to remind him of the previous year 's sworn agreement ; of the protection owed by older brother to younger brother and by godfather to godson ; and ( by way of quid pro quo ) , of the obedience owed by a younger son to the primogenitus .
3 Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 .
4 The police told him of the allegations from three children , but were , in his words , ‘ fairly vague ’ about the questioning .
5 King Don Ferdinand was going through Leon , putting the Kingdom in order , when tidings reached him of the good speed which Rodrigo had had against the Moors .
6 It was cold , silent in the room , the scent of the candles reminding him of the tomb beneath the earth at Tongjiang .
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