Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison met him in the same bar . |
| 2 | Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand . |
| 3 | Devlin clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 4 | But after three disappointing Five Nations games , Ciaran Fitzgerald drafted him into the side — as well as making him captain — for the game in Paris . |
| 5 | Biff lowered him to the ground , and untied the rope . |
| 6 | Two months later Minton visited him in the country , pale from a pub crawl in Ipswich , and seemed to Lehmann ‘ more settled with Rickie [ sic[ off the booze ’ . |
| 7 | When Stoker approached him with a play intended for his master , Irving , taking no thought of the devotion shown by his factotum , reacted along a scale from dismissiveness to contempt . |
| 8 | Bantam moved him from a Christmas slot to this summer place last year in an attempt to increase his sales , but this summer the horror leads appear more plentiful , making it a tougher market . |
| 9 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |
| 10 | When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting . |
| 11 | Trent caught him by the forearm . |
| 12 | Patrick Devlin regarded him as the most effective speaker of his time : |
| 13 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 14 | Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand . |
| 15 | David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 16 | Maisie pecked him on the cheek . |
| 17 | Mountbatten 's task was not simplified when General MacArthur saddled him with the additional responsibility of taking over Indonesia and Indo-China , previously within the American sphere . |
| 18 | Angie led him through the living room . |
| 19 | De Gaulle 's known views — fashioned by his interpretation of the collapse of France in 1940 and his resentment over the refusal of Britain and the United States to treat him as an equal in prosecuting the war effort , on the failings of the Fourth Republic , on reforming NATO , on the need for France to acquire greater international prestige , along with his ambition to affect a lasting reconciliation between France and West Germany ( ideally on French terms ) — all influenced his decision to terminate the Maudling Committee negotiations , and all were still influential in his rejection a few years later of the British application to enter the EEC . |
| 20 | Hari led him to the bench and watched as Lewis tied on his apron . |
| 21 | David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said : |
| 22 | Ramsey described him as a character , without popular appeal , donnish , with no great interest in his big rural diocese , but full of wisdom and learning , and eager for friendship with young men . |
| 23 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 24 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 25 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 26 | Ranulf came in with a series of plaintive questions but Corbett dismissed him with a look . |
| 27 | Grimma prodded him in the stomach . |
| 28 | On April 17 , security officials interrupted the Good Friday service of Mgr Roche to serve him with an expulsion order . |
| 29 | Ken told him about a trip he had made to Spain with a friend whom he called ‘ Milicent ’ . |
| 30 | One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal 's universe . |