Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] and [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 2 | The choice of McLeish as captain will , Roxburgh believes , remove an unwanted , additional pressure from McStay 's shoulders and let him be the midfield schemer who orchestrates the emphatic victory essential to Scotland 's progress . |
| 3 | Kathleen put her arm round the man 's shoulders and led him in . |
| 4 | She laid her hands on Peter 's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 5 | The father put both hands on his son 's shoulders and pushed him a step or two towards Lucier . |
| 6 | Lucie slipped the scarlet waistcoat off Gabriel 's shoulders and skinned him of the white silk shirt . |
| 7 | Absolutely , ’ he said , hooking an arm around the man 's shoulders and leading him from the porch . |
| 8 | ‘ Funny , ’ says Hulk Hogan , just before Secret Shine turn up in their bloodied butcher 's aprons and dismember him with their thumbs so they can use his torso to stir some soup made from doctors , ‘ I thought all the bands on Sarah were useless , overly well-spoken , terminally passive rock inadequates wallowing in their own love of wimping insipidness . ’ |
| 9 | Edgar put out the ageing Donald 's eyes and consigned him to prison . |
| 10 | Then suddenly he thrust his head between his owner 's legs and hoisted him into the trough with a resounding splash ! |
| 11 | He wedged his clothes into a gap between boulders above the waterline , then grabbed Carey 's feet and pulled him towards the edge . |
| 12 | A particularistic knowledge of what is ‘ normal ’ for this watercourse , this discharge , in this weather , at this time of the year shapes an officer 's expectations and equips him to attend to anything ‘ abnormal ’ . |
| 13 | A combination of clerical opposition and papal objections thwarted his attempts to tax the clergy directly , but to the king Winchelsey constituted a far greater problem than the pope who , susceptible to more and wider pressures , gradually modified his objections to Edward 's aims and granted him a papal tenth in 1301 . |
| 14 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 15 | George would take the credit for all Tom 's successes and blame him for his own failures . |
| 16 | However , the Catholic Church at Carcassonne had its own ideas about Sauniere 's riches and accused him of simony — the selling of pardons — a charge which was eventually dropped . |
| 17 | This would help expand Moby 's loyalties and prevent him from becoming too dependent on his main daytime companion . |
| 18 | In the shop , in the dimness , she threw herself into Nick 's arms and kissed him . |
| 19 | Between them , they trapped Piper 's arms and brought him back to where Ellwood was standing close to a couch . |
| 20 | ‘ All of us pay tribute to Chris 's achievements and wish him , and his wife Hilary , every success and happiness in the future ’ . |
| 21 | Izzie came and gave the cups into Gabriel 's hands and kissed him on the forehead . |
| 22 | Then Lydia , who was part of the group , had a go at me and said you had to put your whole being into Christ 's hands and trust him to do the rest . |
| 23 | If the worst came to the worst he would cut his numbers , take the orchestra straight over Karl 's sections and leave him standing . |
| 24 | He showed that he understood Lisner 's thoughts and encouraged him in his dream ; Lisner wrote to me that ‘ John was excited about my plans … my enthusiasm stimulated him and his own infectious enthusiasm affected me in turn . ’ |
| 25 | They thought that my father was a bad parent because he dressed Eric in girl 's clothes and let him run wild , and my mother let them take him because she did n't like children in general and Eric in particular ; she thought he was bad for her karma in some way . |
| 26 | He has the right , which he should exercise to the full , of reading his master 's papers and accompanying him to court . |