Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sadly little attempt to discuss Eakins work in terms of nineteenth-century Realism or its American philosophical context — an attempt to compare him with Whitman is not fully argued — but the remarks on his Quaker background are telling . |
| 2 | Sula was by birth a Manghutt princess , and she had lived under sentence of banishment until her son 's accession to the Dragon Throne for her part in her family 's attempt to install him as Kha-Khan while his grandfather Arjun yet ruled . |
| 3 | ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’ |
| 4 | Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital . |
| 5 | Briefly Jaq entertained the notion that he was being tested by some Hidden Master of his secret order who had instructed Baal Firenze to send him to Stalinvast to assess whether Jaq possessed supreme courage and insight — enough for him to become a Hidden Master himself . |
| 6 | KEVIN KEEGAN has had secret talks with Newcastle directors in a bid to keep him at St James 's Park . |
| 7 | The Wembley midfielder launched a sensational attack on the ‘ Caring Club ’ and accused them of not caring enough in their bid to keep him at Roker Park . |
| 8 | If the failed attempt to oust him from Wadham in 1654 was the work of stricter puritans who suspected him of reducing Christianity to morality , so in the 1660s his ‘ club for comprehension ’ evoked the censure of high churchmen . |
| 9 | Time for the same man to complete his work in Finland , then catch a plane to London and hire a car to take him to Suffolk . |
| 10 | So the film company organized a car to take him from Reading to Pangbourne . |
| 11 | Pascoe had now told the police what he had told her , about a fierce row with MacQuillan on Thursday and an attempt to confront him on Friday . |
| 12 | Anfield has quickly taken to the midfielder and manager Graeme Souness 's decision to replace him with Michael Thomas during Tuesday 's match with Southampton was greeted by a chorus of boos . |
| 13 | One of the first on the scene to treat him at Bath was full back Jon Webb , an orthopaedic surgeon . |
| 14 | It is unfortunate that the confirmation of Æthelric of Bocking 's will , with its reference to a plan to receive him in Essex perhaps as early as 991 , gives no further details . |
| 15 | On this occasion , he grew bored with the idea of Algeria , and to the consternation of parliament commandeered a French warship to take him to Tunisia . |
| 16 | In Donaghy [ 1981 ] Crim LR 644 ( Crown Court ) , the accused ordered a taxi-driver to take him from Newmarket to London and made threats to his life . |
| 17 | I remember your determination to bring him to Spain with you . ’ |
| 18 | BARRY FRY wants to put Stan Flashman through the wringer by forcing the man dubbed ‘ Fat Stan ’ to account for yesterday 's decision to sack him as Barnet manager before an industrial tribunal . |
| 19 | At all events , King Malcolm 's immediate reaction to Rufus 's refusal to see him at Gloucester was to go straight to Wilton , tear the veil off Matilda 's head , and take her back to Scotland . |
| 20 | There is no question that fighting a war to eject him from Kuwait is going to make all the problems of the Middle East more difficult to solve . |
| 21 | Changing the shape of the team to accomodate him with Chapman and Wallace was , I 'm sure , a contributory factor to the team loosing its way last season at the start of last season . |
| 22 | It was hardly surprising , therefore , that my refusal to accompany him to America so irked him . |
| 23 | If Spurs decide to cash in on Durie , they will want at least their money back 16 months after paying a club record fee to lure him from Chelsea . |
| 24 | The process to extradite him to Hong Kong commenced in May 1986 , and continued until June 1987 , when after a long hearing the Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate committed him to prison to await an order from the Home Secretary to return to Hong Kong . |
| 25 | Kenny won nine full England International caps while he was a Palace player , with another eight for the Under 21 's and two for England B. He was our Player of the Year in both 1977 and 1979 , an ( l it took a record fee to take him to Arsenal in an exchange deal in 1980 , when he and Clive Allen were each valued at £1 million . |
| 26 | He 's on hunger strike in protest at the Home Secretary refusal to move him to Cardiff gaol near his home at Treorky in mid-Glamorgan . |
| 27 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
| 28 | And he knows there will be plenty of business to occupy him against Thornton . |
| 29 | He apparently made his way north to Gdańsk and organised a merchant vessel to carry him to Finland . |
| 30 | None the less the king did summon the officers of the Exchequer to join him in Oxford ; Pye 's colleague , who was also his ‘ comptroller ’ and administrative rival , the clerk of the pells , obeyed this call . |