Example sentences of "[vb pp] him of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manuel had quietly melted away , perhaps to leave the stage clear for Andy , perhaps to grieve alone at the cruel injustice that had robbed him of the top prize . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've relieved him of the financial burden , but we both share the interest of the place . ’ |
| 3 | He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo . |
| 4 | On Aug. 11 the Supreme Soviet in emergency session had deprived him of the additional powers granted on April 30 [ see p. 38916 ] , and , in a resolution passed on Aug. 14 on extricating the country from crisis , censured him for " indecisive and at times incompetent policy " and demanded that he and the government take all measures to implement the July peace agreement [ for which see p. 39010 ] . |
| 5 | In either case , a court which revokes the order following a breach will be empowered to sentence the offender as if it had just convicted him of the original offence . |