Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The other was from the Vice President in charge of Overseas ' Operations , thanking him for his personal contribution to the expansion of European Component Operations . |
2 | Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation . |
3 | He took a sheet of Gordon 's notepaper and typed a short note to Alan Bleath , thanking him for his recent contribution to the stimulating seminar on lenses of a high refractive index , signed this with a fair approximation of Gordon 's hand and put it in one of the ‘ Gordon Beamish : See ? ’ envelopes , addressed to Alan Bleath , 329 Carradine Road , Mitcham . |
4 | With regard to sending mail to your grandson addressing him by his old surname , you are fully entitled to address him as you choose . |
5 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
6 | I thought it probable the police were right , he had sought revenge against Imogen Surkov for separating him from his nice third wife , Vera , and their son . |
7 | And if your friend , the bridegroom , or the bride 's father-in-law or another older man is usually called ‘ Al ’ , on this occasion should you be calling him by his full name , ( and if so , is that short for Albert , Alfred , Ali , Alexis , Alexander , or , even more formally , Mr Smith ? |
8 | Fred , the eldest son , was never interested in the business , his homosexuality and leaning towards the arts alienating him from his conservative father . |
9 | Chronicles and records suggest that he exercised a general supervision over all Lancaster 's affairs : directing his estate officials , receiving dubiously acquired lands to which the earl wished to bar legal claims , acting as Lancaster 's intermediary with the king , and supporting him in his political and military ventures . |
10 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
11 | In an exchange of views in the weekly popular magazine Ogonek in November and December Kharchev accused officials from the CPSU and the State Security Committee ( Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti--KGB ) and Orthodox Church leaders of punishing him for his liberal stance on Soviet religious observance , and particularly on the status of the Uniate Church [ see below ] . |
12 | And this time two of the suspects helping him with his confusing inquiries are Shadows guitarist Hank Marvin and Britain 's tallest man . |
13 | Sir Thomas remonstrated with him , as was his duty , reminding him of his high calling and how he will be required , in accordance with royal custom , to make a match advantageous to the realm — that is to say with a foreign princess . ’ |
14 | When the roaring giant of a tube train came , the fag sucker suddenly withdrew his double-buckled shoes from the concrete and became a little scuttling pixie to compete with all the other scuttling pixies , but managed a further quick change to a hunched-up half-shut-marble-eyed frowny scowling monkey as he took his tense unrest out on the floor of the tube train that was carrying him to his necessary employment . |
15 | Fran stiffened , glaring up at him , hating him for his cool self-assurance , but he ignored the look as his hands tightened painfully around her waist in a silent warning not to do anything silly , before he spoke again , louder this time for the benefit of their audience . |
16 | He devoted much effort over many years to restoring him to his rightful place in the chemical hierarchy . |