Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No baptism has been traced , though his marriage certificate records him as the son of John Crockford , schoolmaster . |
| 2 | He marries Julia Maplesone , whose extravagance lands him in the Fleet Prison , and who deserts him whilst he is there . |
| 3 | EASTWOOD 'S FIRST American movie finds him as a modern-day Deputy who travels from Arizona to New York and finds his values challenged by a community represented by social workers , hippies and ulcer-ridden cops . |
| 4 | The teaching and life style of John the Baptist identifies him with the prophetic tradition in Israel . |
| 5 | As the frost descends , and in its ‘ secret ministry ’ of transformation makes icicles along the dripping eaves , Coleridge 's meditative mind carries him to the scenes of his childhood , and imagines for Hartley a future , not in the ‘ great city ’ , but ‘ beneath the crags/Of ancient mountain , and beneath the clouds ’ . |
| 6 | The recipient confirms receipt of the message to the carrier , and following this confirmation the carrier provides him with the private key . |
| 7 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 8 | Captain Richard Moore 's day begins as the ring of the telephone wakes him with a start from a deep sleep . |
| 9 | Mean Malcolm whistles at him , an old lady helps him over the road , teacher expects his writing to be tidy and he has to read the part of the spineless Rapunzel . |
| 10 | In the story of the rich man and Lazarus , the rich man 's wealth insulates him from the poverty and the suffering of Lazarus . |
| 11 | The second disc finds him in the company of an enlarged band , basically his regular four piece augmented by the likes of keyboardist Chuck Leavell , Phil Palmer on guitar , percussionist Ray Cooper and singers Tessa Niles and Katie Kissoon , running through pieces like ‘ Wonderful Tonight ’ which at nine minutesplus is somewhat overextended . |
| 12 | The war boar is a dangerous beast whose charge puts him in the same category as a fully armoured , lance-armed knight . |
| 13 | Turning on him , Headstone drags him into the weir where they both drown ( OMF passim ) . |
| 14 | That evening , Philip , an ex-Merchant Taylors boy who has known Iain since prep school , is at home in his room when his mum calls him to the phone . |
| 15 | ALAN Healsey 's wife meets him at the back door of their home every night with a dressing gown . |
| 16 | The other sees him as a collaborator with the forces of oppression . |
| 17 | His tough character keeps him in the house and looks forward to the awaiting adventure . |
| 18 | The man who now holds the chair in his name remembers him as a tutor . |
| 19 | Now suffering is a vast and many-sided fact of Crime and Punishment , as of all mature Dostoevsky — larger than the ‘ loose end ’ idea of The Drunks which produced Marmeladov the marmeladey wallower in abasement and humiliation , the man who seeks suffering and finds it ( and so finds satisfaction too ) at the bottom of his vodka jug , who screams ‘ I 'm loving this ! ’ when his wife pulls him across the room by his hair ; and larger than the ‘ out of the practical swim ’ idea of ‘ A Confession ’ from which emerges the murderer , the man with something to confess , who does n't seek suffering but learns , though only in the Epilogue , to accept it . |
| 20 | As Brown moves round the larders , the Psion Organiser presents him with a series of ingredient names , in a preset order . |
| 21 | Lucker tells him about the band commitment . |
| 22 | Cluster of four fielders round 's back now , they 're all crouching as Tufnell comes in to bowl to , is it an appeal from Tufnell as the ball raps him on the pad but he 's playing well forward , but the question Tufnell is asking really to John Hampshire is he playing a shot ? |
| 23 | Sweeney 's name pronounces him of the lineage of a man who sold human flesh for butchermeat , a ‘ demon barber ’ . |
| 24 | AJR procedure incorporates certain procedural protections for public bodies and the rule that a claimant asserting public law interests can only use AJR procedure puts him at a disadvantage which is justifiable only on the assumption that public law interests do not matter as much as private law rights and , therefore , do not deserve as much legal protection . |
| 25 | If a secured creditor omits to disclose his security in his proof of debt , he must surrender it for the general benefit of creditors unless the court relieves him on the ground that omission was inadvertent or the result of honest mistake ( r 6.116 ) . |
| 26 | Thus the intention of the actor is to perform the act , and local knowledge provides him with the means to achieve it . |
| 27 | Praise , however , is not something that we need to phase out , it is relatively easy and ‘ cheap ’ to give and constantly reminds the child that his desirable behaviour leaves him in a state of grace . |
| 28 | Montag 's wife reports him to the Brigade and he is forced to flee , making his way to a place outside the city described by Clarisse , where a group of people have gathered together to memorise books , keeping the words immortal . |
| 29 | The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet . |
| 30 | The cleanness of his musicianship marks him as the Apollo of the new singing school . |