Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 2 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 3 | You filthy stinking — ’ Several Repo Men took the opportunity to club him to his knees . |
| 4 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 5 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 6 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 7 | De Craon was sitting in a high-backed chair near the window , a small scroll of parchment on his lap , apparently waiting for the Prince to summon him to an audience . |
| 8 | She had not the heart to embarrass him by refusing a request so diffidently expressed . |
| 9 | People were very angry when Admiral Byng failed to attack the French at Minorca , and the decision to execute him for cowardice was exactly what the public wanted . |
| 10 | Tommy Gilmour , Clinton 's manager , said last night : ‘ Pat had tried to go through the pain barrier and keep his injury from me but I have taken the decision to withdraw him after consultation with an orthopaedic surgeon . ’ |
| 11 | It would have been nice , however , if the band had informed Gannon of the decision to fire him before the rumours spread through the Mancunian underground . |
| 12 | Tweed caught a cab , told the driver to drop him at the Piccadilly entrance to the Burlington Arcade . |
| 13 | According to him Beatrice was so jealous that she locked Modi up in the cottage to keep him from going off with other women . |
| 14 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 15 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 16 | The president , meanwhile , stood high in the public opinion polls after the attempt to assassinate him at the end of March . |
| 17 | Hearts ' defender was in Roxburgh 's original squad and it was always the intention to play him after a worthwhile display against Portugal in October . |
| 18 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |
| 19 | Last night Graveney confirmed that he 'd made the allegation but was ‘ obviously very disappointed ’ at the bid to veto him by the Pakistan Board . |
| 20 | People do n't think the Editor would have the nerve to challenge him about it . |
| 21 | Mr Younger , 68 , urged anyone interested in joining the club to contact him on ( 0284 ) 700433 . |
| 22 | Massingberd-Mundy , a 62-year-old former Royal Navy submarine commander of South Ormsby Hall , Louth , was attempting to quash a decision by the Club to strike him off the list of potential chairmen of the stewards ' panel at Doncaster racecourse . |
| 23 | Mr Slovo , who learnt about the plan to kill him from the Johannesburg Star , not from the police , attributed the plot to the right 's desperation . |
| 24 | Perhaps one of our music institutions will have the foresight to invite him as a visiting lecturer ? |
| 25 | ‘ I did send a telegram to the caretaker to tell him to be here to let me in . |
| 26 | ‘ At first , yes , and he often summoned the Queen to meet him across the Forth , but in the weeks before he died , his visits became less frequent . |
| 27 | Bridhe lifted the baby , slipped a magic coral and rowan-berry necklace over his head and walked sun-wise round the bed three times for good fortune , before taking the child down to the hall to present him to his father , to Eachuinn Odhar and the clansmen assembled . |
| 28 | Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won . |
| 29 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |
| 30 | ‘ Morning , ’ she said in a friendly voice , then pointed to the desk to remind him about the microphone . |