Example sentences of "[to-vb] him with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules . |
| 2 | ‘ Azadi said that I had just twenty-four hours to provide him with the exact location of the ship — or else I would be executed . |
| 3 | ‘ Between the cup and the lip it has pleased the Great Disposer of events to visit him with the greatest of all afflictions in the bereavement of his most affectionate wife . |
| 4 | It would be folly to replace him with the inexperienced Mr Kinnock . |
| 5 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 6 | If Peter is actually a ‘ tough ’ whose nickname means ‘ Rocky ’ , is it not possible to equate him with the fierce individual known as Simon Zelotes or Simon the Canaanite — to equate him , that is , with Simon the Zealot ? |
| 7 | It is essential not to confound him with the greater Frederick II ( Hohenstaufen ) , holy Roman emperor from 1215 to 1250 , and before that ( 1198–1212 ) king of Sicily as Frederick I. For this great figure , author of The Book of the Falcon and a hero for Dante as well as Pound , is to figure portentously in the Thrones cantos to come as we shall see . |
| 8 | I think he 's telling the truth now but I had to threaten him with the Juvenile Bureau , the Welfare and God knows what before he did . |
| 9 | In Montana , he visited a number of old age homes for someone to supply him with the right voice , but to no avail . |