Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] him in the " in BNC.

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1 To a king about to embark on war , the support of wise counsels and mighty powers was indeed essential , and the men honoured in 1337 repaid the king 's generosity by loyal support for him in the forthcoming campaigns .
2 He had no idea where he was , except that it must be somewhere in the wilds of Wales , well hidden from any possibility of rescue ; and he took his first unwilling look about him in the conviction that captivity could mean nothing better than solitude , close confinement and squalor .
3 He well recalls a couplet about him in The Times : ‘ He was right , dead right , as he walked along ; but he was just as dead as if he 'd been wrong . ’
4 ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’
5 ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’
6 A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival .
7 There had been no conscious pleasure for him in the attack .
8 Ever since Ben had first found that single mention of him in the journals .
9 ‘ Randy 's got a slower pony in this chukka , who wo n't like Dopey taking a piece of him in the line-out one bit . ’
10 He added that this was on condition that he would withdraw claims for defamation of character made against the IJF if the IJF would agree not to take any legal action against him in the future .
11 If Keith Wright 's performance in this match was anything to go by , then he will certainly be glad when Jackson is back riding shotgun with him in the Hibs attack .
12 She said , you silly little git , he said it 's an actor taking the part of him in the film !
13 Owen was buried in the churchyard at Newtown , and there is a statue of him in the town 's memorial park .
14 Had n't they seen the statue of him in the Market Place where he stood with his palette , apparently painting the pub and King 's the grocer 's ?
15 That Aethelbald 's position in southern England at the end of his reign was still a dominant one is suggested by the description of him in the record of this grant as ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of the surrounding peoples ’ , but it may be that a diminution of power in the early 750s played a part in exposing him to assassination in Mercia a few years later .
16 Although his family was one of well-established county gentry , Roger 's position as a younger son probably justified the description of him in the Vita Edwardi Secundi as by origin ‘ a poor and needy knight ’ .
17 Jesus taught that some of his followers would willingly forego a life of sexual activity in order to fulfil their special work for him in the world .
18 he and he were like this in the water I had to go down the bank I grabbed hold of him in the middle of his back , just turfed him out .
19 His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington .
20 There is a portrait of him in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , vol. lxxix , 1953 .
21 His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington .
22 His two first-half saves from Neil Murray and David Robertson were of the highest quality , but even Geddes required some assistance from the woodwork when Duncan Ferguson hammered a low left footer past him in the 50th minute .
23 His two first-half saves from Neil Murray and David Robertson were of the highest quality , but even Geddes required some assistance from the woodwork when Duncan Ferguson hammered a low left footer past him in the 50th minute .
24 Anonymously , Miliutin launched a campaign against him in The Bell .
25 She had been so pleased when Dr. Briant had suggested she lunch with him in the medical staff dining room , aching as she was to get away for a while at least from the uncomfortable atmosphere of the Maternity Ward .
26 I look forward to doing battle with him in the coming weeks and months .
27 That Burhaneddin Herevi may have had , or gained through this event , some official standing , however , is suggested by the reference to him in the biography of Molla Husrev as " multi in the lands of Rum " , a more precise title than is otherwise encountered except in the case of Molla Fenari .
28 That was why Aunt Alicia took pity on him in the first place , Jenny had said , because he had nowhere to put his horses .
29 Those interested in seeing more of the sculptor 's work can visit a museum to him in the village of Sacre Monte , just north of Varese , where he died in 1950 .
30 On the memorial tablet to him in the church are the words , " Remember Thomas Stearns Eliot , poet " .
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