Example sentences of "[vb past] him of his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet he had since seen Aycliffe and told him of his unaltered intention to come into possession of them by wedding her . |
| 2 | Finding a faint pulse , she divested him of his white coat , and tied him up with a length of cable . |
| 3 | Somebody shot the undertaker while he sat indoors in his shirt sleeves , stripped him of his remaining clothing and pushed him in the sea at the sewage outfall at or near high water . |
| 4 | His brave words echoed around the world after the IRA 's bomb in Enniskillen robbed him of his beloved daughter . |
| 5 | Aline said , ‘ Maybe you reminded him of his long-lost youth . ’ |
| 6 | Away to his right the lighthouse stood on its rocky island like a picture in a story book and it all reminded him of his first holiday by the sea at the age of seven . |
| 7 | It now reminded him of his first visit to DEEP . |
| 8 | The sight of an open pub told him how much time had passed and also reminded him of his normal comfort in moments of stress . |
| 9 | When he did feel able to write to Coenwulf he reminded him of his humble origins ( but avoided reference to his matrimonial difficulties ) and exhorted him to remember always the very best features of Offa 's reign , avoiding Offa 's displays of greed and cruelty . |
| 10 | One hour later , after a breakfast that reminded him of his French experience in its meagreness , and made worse by the perpetual drone of Mr Multhrop 's stream of nervous apologies to each new arrival , he was ready to greet Auguste and his flock . |
| 11 | It reminded him of his own inadequacy ; it made Arabella 's betrayal all the worse ; it had given Newley the courage to think of divorcing Georgina . |
| 12 | He bethought him of his little key and held it up bravely before him , and it put out a little sparkling light that illumined a step at a time , silvery-pale . |