Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants everyone to know that the Welsh selectors were right to prefer him to Colin Stephens for the game against Scotland . |
| 2 | Indeed , many of John 's contemporaries were prepared to regard him as the Messiah . |
| 3 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 4 | We next saw Arthur 20 years later in the film version of ‘ The Andromeda Strain ’ and later yet , at the OMNI Cinema in Miami , we were delighted to see him in ‘ A Small Romance ’ , which also featured Sir Laurence Olivier . |
| 5 | They were glad to have him in the gang and he was delighted to be among them . |
| 6 | We were happy to take him on board . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) said the same yesterday , but Ministers were unable to enlighten him about the method that might be used . |
| 8 | Although the army , still sceptical of the new weapon and uncooperative , were unable to provide him with either maps or even straw for the pilots ' bunks , within a week he had installed on the Verdun front six out of France 's total of fifteen fighter squadrons , and a further eight reconnaissance squadrons ; equalling 120 machines . |
| 9 | He is surprisingly slow to begin talking , but a good walker , and we were able to take him to the canal where there were ducks , swans , horses and icy puddles to interest him , so that was fine . |
| 10 | But the fact that he 's a born racer , I mean I know him quite well , I 've seen him around a lot , I would talk to him a lot , so would other colleagues here , every race since that decision , I think without trying , he persuaded himself , we were able to persuade him without trying too hard that maybe he should reconsider ; I think time did the rest . |
| 11 | What if , by her doing nothing , they were able to convince him of her treachery and turn him against her for ever ? |
| 12 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |
| 13 | They were able to rescue him from the slurry within 15 minutes . |
| 14 | The police were anxious to charge him with this as well . |
| 15 | All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up . |
| 16 | The man was a murderer , and the judge was right to condemn him to death . |
| 17 | It was odd to find him in charge of such a low-level enterprise as the Vadinamian protection racket . |
| 18 | With deep blue eyes and springy fair hair , the athletic Dane would be the answer to many a maiden 's prayer , yet while Ashley was grateful to have him as a friend and business associate she had no inclination for their relationship to deepen . |
| 19 | Henry 's anti-papalism was based on the belief that the pope had wrongfully usurped the spiritual and temporal power which had traditionally belonged to the kings of England , and while he therefore rejected the pope 's claim to jurisdiction in England , he was prepared to regard him as the rightful Bishop of Rome . |
| 20 | Signor Valenti was willing to accept him as a son-in-law . |
| 21 | He was afraid to keep him in his own house because the old fellow rants and raves upon occasion and might distress Mrs Browning . |
| 22 | Experimental surgery on his legs when he was 10 left him in a wheelchair , yet in 1988 he climbed Kala Patar in the Himalayas over 18,000 feet in the shade of Everest . |
| 23 | One said it was pointless to put him on a waiting list , but letters from a grain merchant 's and from Littlewood 's Pools promised to file his application and interview him when he returned home . |
| 24 | It was easy to convince him of his worthlessness-to make him believe he was capable of such an act . |
| 25 | Somehow it was hard to imagine him in the gym . |
| 26 | No , I mean he rang , I was supposed to ring him at home though . |
| 27 | I thought she was supposed to have him at the beginning of this month . |
| 28 | Purvis had even stood up , maybe in the expectation of aggro , so I was glad to disappoint him by greeting Lewis like a soul brother and flashing fifty quid at him . |
| 29 | There was a Captain Dennis Babbage whose hobby was Bradshaw , the famous railway time-table ; and anyone who had a journey to make was welcome to consult him about the easiest ( or most interestingly complicated ) route to take . |
| 30 | A High Court judge was told it was unlawful to jail him for so long . |