Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] him [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were wined and dined at great expense and the next time I met Tommy he thanked me profusely for assisting him on that evening . |
| 2 | The story was that Puig-Aubert would often snatch a smoke when play was downfield , and we lived in hope of catching him in such an act of Gallic braggadocio . |
| 3 | With government provision , the good or service may be free or subsidized , so that the amount paid by the consumer will understate the true cost ( higher taxes , etc. ) of providing him with that good or service , thereby encouraging excessive consumption of the item . |
| 4 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
| 5 | Warmed by Coleman 's sympathy , El-Jorr made a point of introducing him to all the CIs and ‘ mules ’ who arrived at Eurame on their way back and forth along the pipeline , including him in the conversation as they brewed up endless cups of Lebanese coffee . |
| 6 | Although the case was still open the police had no hope of finding him after all this time . |
| 7 | Apart from the above , Richard Baxter records his thankfulness to God for preserving him in several accidents . |
| 8 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 9 | He 's very conscious of the fact that he 's indebted to him , not just for rescuing him from those awful guardians but for getting him into Grafton Abbey and then arranging for him to work for Mr Harvey . |
| 10 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 11 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 12 | It was in meeting him on this ground that the British came closest to responding to him as a worthy adversary . |
| 13 | The office gossip had been quite useful in reassuring him on that point , and he had been able to view the uncomfortable ride in the lift with them in an encouraging new light . |
| 14 | For , whatever else , she would not marry Havvie Blaine now , and she would lose no time in informing him of that fact . |
| 15 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 16 | Not that his pursuers would be distracted from finding him by such petty secrecy . |
| 17 | The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance . |
| 18 | But in following him through that aim , we nevertheless have left untouched some of the ideas for which he is famous . |
| 19 | When I apologised for dragging him into this , there was no bitterness in his gracious reply . ’ |
| 20 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |
| 21 | I would n't be able to live with myself for putting him through that , but then he would nicker to me and I could breath a sigh of relief . |
| 22 | She half turned to go , then stopped , unable to understand the strange reluctance she felt at leaving him with this bitter anger lying between them . |
| 23 | He thanked Mr Major for clearing him of any breach of ministerial rules . |
| 24 | She had no intention of saying anything else ; in fact she had been quite undecided about answering him at all , but he looked just a bit too angry for outright defiance and he was decidedly bigger than she was . |
| 25 | Having shown Cade 's pointless destructiveness Shakespeare reins him in by confronting him with more speakers who exemplify the old definition of the orator as a vir bonus peritus dicendi . |