Example sentences of "[vb -s] him [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ‘ light from heaven ’ allegedly knocks him from his horse and ‘ a voice ’ , issuing from no perceptible source , demands of him : ‘ Saul , Saul , why are you persecuting me ? ’ |
| 2 | Yet still Jacob has him in his grip , and the mysterious assailant begs him to let him go ‘ for the day is breaking ’ . |
| 3 | She 's taking advantage of him , she only wants him for his money . |
| 4 | In the end , Shane has to ride out again , despite the cries of the boy who prefers him to his father , not qualified to live in the community because of his purity and violence . |
| 5 | His wife Ellen wrote to us with this smashing picture and told us that because Russell works so much she only ever sees him in his overall or a track suit . |
| 6 | It goes on to say ‘ though he stumble he shall not fall for the Lord upholds him with his hand ’ . |
| 7 | I thought and think that war is an evil abominable thing which gets man no further and only lowers him in his search after truth . |
| 8 | Alex Ferguson has tied Giggs to a long contract and keeps him under his wing . |
| 9 | He thinks this keeps him on his mettle , but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word . |
| 10 | This hardware , if it is well-designed , aids him in his progress toward his objective . |
| 11 | Kenneth is greeted by an old friend who congratulates him on his centenary . |
| 12 | The writer could have selected a sequence such as His opponent congratulates him on his victory or He is congratulated on his victory by his opponent . |
| 13 | She follows him into his office . |
| 14 | In Small World the middle-aged English academic Philip Swallow has a wife called Hilary and has a passionate affair with a younger woman called Joy , who reminds him of his wife when she was younger and prettier — when he first meets her , Joy is even wearing a dressing gown like one Hilary used to wear . |
| 15 | In the sky shines the star which reminds him of his childhood . |
| 16 | When he discovers that Mary helps people , collects for Biafra and has protested against the Vietnam War , he is not happy because she suddenly reminds him of his mother . |
| 17 | But once the fighting begins , with Falstaff in shameless prose ( the soliloquy describing how he has led his ‘ ragamuffins where they are pepper 'd ’ ) , Hal enters in the heroic medium and rebukes him for his idleness ( the cowardice he ca n't see , as we can ) : ‘ What , standst thou idle here ? |
| 18 | Emil gets little sympathy from the rest of the gang and then Clarence hits him with his car . |