Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | The Court of Appeal agreed with Wright J. Mr. Tully is in effect saying that if he discloses his dealings with his assets or the moneys of Wessex and Abbey and if he furnishes copies of the documents relating to those dealings he will be providing evidence which may assist the police to prosecute him for the crime of embezzlement . |
| 33 | He sought mandamus directed not to the visitor but to the provost and fellows to reinstate him on the grounds that the provost and fellows had breached the rules of natural justice . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 36 | The 12-year-old hero of Home Alone and My Girl is taking ballet lessons to prepare him for the role of Prince in Tchaikovsky 's Nutcracker Suite . |
| 37 | Outlining the prosecution case , John Burgess said police had found evidence at the home of Richard Duriez following the incidents … documents to connect him with the Churchill , a copy of the ALF video and press release . |
| 38 | Liam wondered why there were such long faces to greet him at the shop . |
| 39 | The next day Mr Foggerty told the four boys to meet him at the Town baths after school . |
| 40 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |
| 41 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 42 | Midge Ure was playing for nothing , just a few beers to see him through the evening . |
| 43 | ‘ Between the cup and the lip it has pleased the Great Disposer of events to visit him with the greatest of all afflictions in the bereavement of his most affectionate wife . |
| 44 | The nearest town was Burlington and he travelled the five miles there each Monday morning in his battered white ‘ 78 Ford pick-up to collect enough supplies to last him through the week . |
| 45 | Both of them took turns to kick him in the mouth and eyes . |
| 46 | That master craftsman would then himself employ helpers to assist him in the completion of that contract . |