Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] him [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Pepys met him in 1665 .
2 Susan Einzig regarded him as one of the brightest jewels in a smart set .
3 In particular , the powerful Beni-Gomez family schemed continually against Rodrigo until Alfonso banished him in 1081 .
4 Eventually Johnny drew him to one side with a shock-haired young reporter who sported horn-rimmed glasses and a velvet bow-tie .
5 It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots .
6 Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler .
7 Bob Willis 's Test career came to a sad end at Headingley in 1984 , as Michael Holding hit him for five sixes .
8 Mr Hutchinson , who said wallabies would be able to live in the wild in Britain on their diet of grass and fruit , appealed to anyone seeing Wally to call him on 0207521133 .
9 Captain Meredith treated him to one of his freezing looks .
10 A week later , poor Walsh was involved in another traumatic final over as Pakistan despatched him for 14 to win off the final ball .
11 Judge Angus Stroyan sentenced him to 12 months in jail and banned him from driving for two years .
12 Zack told him in three angry sentences .
13 When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V
14 Studio head Richard Zanuck paid him between one and two million dollars so that the film could be released that year , with a guarantee to compensate him if the show 's gross takings fell below $60,000 a week for an agreed period .
15 UNESCO selected him in 1974 as one of the world 's ten foremost researchers in Parapsychology .
16 Jane accompanied him on one of his forays one evening .
17 His report , an Essay on Convict Discipline ( 1838 ) , was so condemnatory of official policy that Franklin dismissed him in 1838 .
18 He persuaded the CPP to nominate him as one of the two candidates for the Accra double-member constituency .
19 Judge Lawrence Verney jailed him for seven years foreach of the rapes and four years for each of the indecent assaults , all to run concurrently .
20 And his hat-trick for Wales earlier this month against the Faroe Islands puts him on 23 goals for his country — equalling the Welsh record held jointly by Trevor Ford and Ivor Allchurch .
21 The leaders of the industry were shocked when Lord Chief Justice Goddard sentenced him to six months imprisonment .
22 Judge David Bryant sentenced him to nine months in a young offenders ' institution .
23 Judge David Bryant sentenced him to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years and ordered him to pay £200 costs .
24 Brihtric pursued him with eighty vessels , which were driven ashore by a storm , and then burnt by Wulfnoth .
25 Collinson 's first garden at Peckham was a modest one , but from there he took nosegays and potted flowers to grace his City window , and when Kalm visited him in 1748 he remarked on the many rare American plants already established there .
26 Umpire Frank Lee called him on 11 occasions for throwing in England 's only innings and , after the home side had wrapped up the game early , he was again called , in the exhibition match which followed , by the other umpire , Syd Buller , and was forced to complete his only over underarm .
27 It will be a sweet moment for Emburey whose tour seemed doomed when he was savaged by various Indian batsmen in the early games , Test opener Navjot Sidhu hitting him for eight sixes in the second three-day warm-up fixture at Lucknow .
28 Judge Angus Stroyan QC sentenced him to six months imprisonment suspended for 15 months and ordered Gregory , of Bevanlee Road , South Bank , Middlesbrough , to pay £60 costs .
29 Shaw joined the company in 1944 and was still only 17 when Ashton used him as one of the three male dancers in Symphonic Variations .
30 One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race .
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