Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This peculiar quality of solid , clenched abstraction appears in phrase after phrase — " compactness " dwells within the " " compression " " of Horatian metres ; but as soon as a translator attempts to transpose him into English quatrains , things go askew and adrift , because every compression is paid for with an expansion . |
| 2 | Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale . |
| 3 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 4 | His early recordings were rather slick , but some musician friends turned him onto Gospel music and soon he was blasting away , moaning and chanting and stuffing in Latin rhythms and bits of C&W and inventing soul music along the way . |
| 5 | Haughey 's original choice for the Defence post , James McDaid , withdrew hours after his nomination when opposition leaders accused him of being a Sinn Féin " fellow-traveller " in that he had opposed the extradition to the United Kingdom of an IRA escapee , James Pius Clarke . |
| 6 | ROKER flop John Colquhoun has revealed how terrace taunts stung him into his best performance for Sunderland . |
| 7 | However , it will take several hundred pounds in vet bills to restore him to good health . |
| 8 | Elected a fellow of Exeter in 1850 , he was ordained ( deacon in 1852 and priest in 1853 ) and remained a fellow ( from 1893 honorary fellow ) until his death , save for the period from 1868 , when he vacated his fellowship on his marriage , until 1882 , when the passing of the statutes of the second university commissioners enabled him to be readmitted as a fellow . |
| 9 | Lowther was active as a barrister and , according to his autobiography , the circuit judges nominated him in 1616 as a JP for Westmorland ; he joined his father on a bench which welcomed his legal knowledge . |
| 10 | From the corner of her eye she saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground . |
| 11 | The black mouths of the peat haggs reminded him of stories about ghosts and murders . |
| 12 | Despite his lack of political experience , Clouthier 's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead . |
| 13 | Continuing his co-operating with our department , the owner contacted us and it was arranged for one of our Investigation officers to accompany him to Belgium in the guise of a mechanic . |
| 14 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
| 15 | In recognition of his enormous contribution to world tennis , fellow ITF members presented him during the World Champions Dinner in the elegant Pavilion Gabriel in Paris , during the French Open , with a specially commissioned bust , complete with that pugnacious chin which perfectly reflects the determined response he has always presented to any potentially damaging challenge . |
| 16 | By the terms of his enrolment , there is little doubt that the provision of regular review assessment panels helped him by offering support , encouragement and occasionally chastisement for letting himself down . |
| 17 | On Sept. 6 interest in the Iran-contra investigation was renewed when a federal grand jury indicted Clair E. George , former chief of CIA covert operations , on 10 felony accounts accusing him of lying to and obstructing congressional and judicial investigations of the Iran-contra affair . |
| 18 | The night sweats frightened him at first . |
| 19 | Immigration officials detained him at Heathrow Airport and threatened to return him to Sweden . |
| 20 | Be sure though to let the ‘ nice guy ’ have his say and in conflict situations bring him into play by asking for his views . |
| 21 | Even following the assassination in February of the leading Nazi functionary in Switzerland , Wilhelm Gustloff , by a young Jew , the proximity of the Winter Olympics and foreign policy considerations confined him to a single and , in his terms , relatively ‘ moderate ’ , speech at the funeral , attacking Jewry in generalized terms as the stimulus behind practically every political ‘ martyr ’ of the Right since the Revolution of 1918 . |
| 22 | Student leaders accuse him of failing to understand the system . |
| 23 | An investor can invest in either domestic securities or foreign securities if there are no foreign exchange control restrictions preventing him from doing so . |
| 24 | If Ferguson was in any way troubled by erroneous morning headlines linking him with a £3 million move to England , he showed no outward signs of discomfort . |
| 25 | Others said that their driving was risky because friends and , to a lesser extent , the public , police and insurance companies labelled him as ‘ high risk ’ and charged him a high premium , he might as well get his money 's worth . |
| 26 | His black velour coat was soft and rich , his stock made of silk , and the buckskin trousers fitted him to perfection . |
| 27 | From 1899 to 1902 he encouraged young Labour church workers to visit him for informal religious training . |
| 28 | Looking right then left he saw the signals with their warning lights reassuring him of their presence . |
| 29 | The world champion may not be worried about the £500 fine handed out for throwing the last game of his bizarre straight-games loss to Jahangir Khan in the final of last month 's Stuttgart Open , but he should be more concerned at the zero computer points assigned him for the Stuttgart tournament , which may enable Jahangir to overtake him in the New Year rankings , plus the fact that any further misdemeanour will probably mean draconian punishment . |
| 30 | Unix pioneer Larry Michels , president , chairman , chief executive and co-founder of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc , has resigned in the wake of a civil suit filed by three former executive secretaries charging him with sexual harassment ( UX No 415 , 416 ) . |