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

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1 Only then to my embarrassment did Alf tell him of our predicament .
2 Maybe Liam reminds him of something unhappy in his own childhood .
3 What would he say when — if ! — Lady Merchiston informed him of her plan to make him marry her companion ?
4 Bishop Harris assures him of our loyal support
5 Ken kept pressing Clive to tell him of his sexual adventures on site .
6 I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised .
7 Urquhart knew him ; and falling into talk Paul told him of his predicament .
8 His brave words echoed around the world after the IRA 's bomb in Enniskillen robbed him of his beloved daughter .
9 Sir Robert Dalyell of the Binns clearly saw himself in that light when , in 1760 , he approached Lord Milton to inform him of his wish to be of use to Milton 's politics in West Lothiah .
10 Charity relieved him of it carefully and set about the operation with skill and familiarity .
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