Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] him with " in BNC.

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1 Much of his career in fact seems to have been devoted to Amazon-slaying , but it is significant that if heroes like Heracles represent the revolt of the son against the phallic mother then they also give evidence of their dependency on her when we find our hero forced to don women 's garb and do women 's work as proof of his love for the Lydian queen Omphale , while she wears his lion 's skin , brandishes his club and spanks him with her slipper if his handiwork does not please her .
2 Reatus also allegedly jabbed Mr Mounsa in the neck and hit him with a dog chain .
3 They are essentially a form of nonsense verse for which Eliot had great affection and understanding ; he had lectured on the subject while in America in 1933 , and he once told Stravinsky that he considered Edward Lear to be a great poet and compared him with Mallarmé .
4 Len Seager had been conscious throughout the entire rescue operation and as Rachel joined him briefly in the back of the ambulance and covered him with an extra blanket he managed another smile .
5 I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out .
6 The King of England in ancient times , he figures in fairy legends as follows : a mysterious creature covered in hair and cloven-hoofed , paid a visit to King Herla on the occasion of his marriage and showered him with many marvellous gifts .
7 It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter .
8 Is the Prime Minister aware that in the year since he took office Scottish dole queues have lengthened by a further 28,000 , leaving almost 250,000 Scots without work and leaving him with an even worse record than his predecessor , the former first lady of mass unemployment ?
9 Fellow worker Hazel Goff , who has St John 's Ambulance training , then administered first aid , cutting away Mr Chittenden 's burnt clothing and sponging him with water .
10 The Board accepted his letter of resignation with regret and presented him with a testimonial , a bowl and an album .
11 Taking an iron-clad hero and facing him with some massive task will not produce that air of almost unbearable suspense you should be looking for .
12 His parents were keen on the work ethic and equipped him with impeccable manners .
13 Artur Greisser , a Nazi and the Danzig nominee on the Harbour Board , went to the office of one of the Polish engineers on the Board and threatened him with a revolver .
14 Theda took Hector to the kitchen and left him with Mrs Elswick to do what he might in the way of cajolery , for she had several morsels of interest to his ever ready stomach , and Theda was obviously not going to take him outside .
15 The purpose of serving a contemnor with a copy of the committal order is to enable him to have a written record of the findings made by the court and of the sentence and to provide him with the materials necessary to enable him to decide whether or not he wishes to appeal .
16 Not only do insects rob man of his food , but they suck his blood , bury themselves in his skin and infect him with all kinds of serious diseases .
17 They 've taken away the master computer file and charged him with , well , we do n't know exactly what but it involves an awful lot of money .
18 ‘ He swears that the Brigadier and the Brigade Major use his establishment and supply him with this vital information .
19 He pounded Benichou to the body and caught him with a right cross to the chin at the end of the first .
20 If she had walked into a room and found him with her bag in his hands , the decision would have been made for her .
21 Well Sir Marquess across the road it was his first wife who died of a brain tumour and left him with three daughters , as we know .
22 Another said that Russell had pulled a brick from out of the passage wall and hit him with it .
23 ‘ Remember to keep a contact and tickle him with your stick if he feels idle , ’ she said .
24 Dathan and Abiram for their part reject Moses ' leadership and reproach him with these words : ‘ Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey , to kill us in the wilderness , that you must also make yourself a prince over us ? ’
25 An image of his daughter in the act of love , her white knees parted , a dark shape above her , flashes unbidden into his head and fills him with rage and disgust .
26 They battered him over the head and threatened him with a shotgun .
27 When the school children was Solowka boarding the van with the group , they naturally assumed he was off to join the convoy and teased him with shouts of ‘ Hippy . ’
28 Far from slaking his thirst , all his weekend with her had done was whet his appetite and leave him with a desperate craving for more .
29 The Southampton central defenders left it to Flowers — but Goddard 's challenge won him the ball and left him with a simple chance .
30 In a real fight you should move in fast with a fearsome yell and overwhelm him with blows before he can hit you .
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