Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice they are those cases in which the plaintiff seeks to enforce or protect some right vested in him ( eg , an injunction to restrain a breach of contract ) rather than those where he merely invites the court to exercise its powers to grant him some statutory relief ( eg an application by a debtor for a " time order " under Consumer Credit Act 1974 , s 129(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 2 | Have to find him yon old folkery with the picture-window looking on to the stand of immemorial beeches , the dingle dell , the plashing brook , the wishing-well , the verdant sward … |
| 3 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 4 | Were a seller to accept such an indemnity he would probably want to add further clauses requiring the buyer to give prompt notification of such claims , to permit him to take over conduct of the claim , not to admit liability , and to render him any necessary assistance in contesting the claim . |
| 5 | On Thursday a jury found the youth guilty of wounding Mr Lay , 19 , of Anderson Walk , Bury , with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm . |
| 6 | ‘ Foreigner , like , ’ said Archie , forthcoming on account of the fact that Sergeant Joe still looked ready to do him grievous bodily harm . |
| 7 | God has created me to do Him some definite service . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , Travis , ’ mourned Leith , and , because she felt helpless to give him any verbal comfort , she stretched out a hand of sympathy to his arm . |
| 9 | She 'd ignored the warning , and gone to see him that very afternoon , in the studio off the Edgware Road . |
| 10 | Time spent on yourself in this way will also benefit the patient : if you keep yourself physically fit and mentally alert , you will be better able to offer him worthwhile emotional support , and you will find your situation less draining . |
| 11 | My mother insisted on my being one of his godfathers , a unique responsibility which has allowed me to offer him some tactful advice from time to time . |
| 12 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 13 | She had taken him out into the garden to show him various easy spring tasks that must be done , and for which she would pay him , and he had refused . |
| 14 | Mr Stuart-Moore alleged that Alison 's murderer had forced her to tell him this personal detail after handcuffing her , torturing and assaulting her before killing her . |