Example sentences of "who [verb] [prep] him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he does n't bother to mention that the king also had an official welcome at Carfax , which was the normal place , what was known as the Penniless Bench , which was at the end of St Martin 's Church , only the of that remains at the moment , now , erm and then was presented with the traditional gift of gloves by the mayor , and the not very generous sum of £520 , and just about the same time , Alderman Nixon and 12 others who agreed with him disappeared smartly from Oxford , and were n't to be seen for the rest of the war . |
| 2 | She saw the little procession of horsemen climbing the ramp towards Parfois , and crept up through the trees to see more closely , for it seemed to her that the middle figure of the five was bound , and one of those who rode beside him led his horse by the bridle . |
| 3 | In the same way , they took care to spend no more time together than the daily round of school life made appropriate , but the simple knowledge that there was now one person in the small , enclosed community who cared for him healed Richard 's wounded spirit . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) In appointing members of the Funding Council the Secretary of State — ( a ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , the provision of further education ( within the meaning of section 1(5) ( b ) of the 1980 Act ) or to have held , and to have shown capacity in , any position carrying responsibility for the provision of such further education and , in appointing such persons , he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of such further education or in carrying responsibility for such provision ; and ( b ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , industrial , commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) In appointing members of the Funding Council the Secretary of State — ( a ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , the provision of further education ( within the meaning of section 1(5) ( b ) of the 1980 Act ) or to have held , and to have shown capacity in , any position carrying responsibility for the provision of such further education and , in appointing such persons , he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of such further education or in carrying responsibility for such provision ; and ( b ) shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of , and to have shown capacity in , industrial , commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession . |
| 6 | Sir Alf Ramsey was n't popular with many ( it is n't a manager 's job to be popular ) but every player who played for him had enormous respect and liking for him . |
| 7 | The child 's welfare is paramount and must be considered in the broad context of his physical , emotional and educational needs , his age , sex and background and the capacity of those who look after him to care adequately . |
| 8 | And King Bucar and they who escaped with him hoisted sails and went their way , and never more turned their heads . |
| 9 | Those who gossip about him tend to meet with nasty accidents . ’ |
| 10 | Yet when asked , those who served with him find it difficult to sum him up . |
| 11 | Police believe they 've identified the man who arranged for him to smuggle the drug and that he 's currently carrying out his business abroad . |
| 12 | If the first furrow was straight , example and actual guidance helped to persuade the ploughman who followed after him to draw the other furrows in the stetch in like manner : if the first furrow was bent nothing could prevent the others from being less than perfect also . |
| 13 | The news that something was amiss quickly spread to the rest of the group , who gathered round him to hear the latest developments . |
| 14 | He thought of how she who lay beside him had locked in her heart for so many years that image of her lover 's eyes when he had told her that he did not wish to love . |
| 15 | The burly bruiser got up , carried his toddy over and sat down opposite the bearded man , who listened to him muttering , then gave him a silver coin . |
| 16 | He made no reference to the separation and everyone who spoke to him avoided the subject . |
| 17 | The towering , effortless blow that cleared the St Lawrence lime certainly pleased the Canterbury archivists , and it is a foolish man who bets against him delighting the rest of the world for many years to come . |
| 18 | The supplier had a number of names and no-one who dealt with him knew , or cared to know , which was the real one . |
| 19 | He has obligations not merely to the students who come to him to read for a degree , but still more towards the teeming population outside the University walls , most of whom have not so much as " heard whether there be any Holy Ghost " . |
| 20 | Naturally he could n't answer them all himself , so Post Office staff lent a hand and every kid who wrote to him got a reply , postmarked Reindeerland or Santaland . |
| 21 | The Canadian who wrote to him hit the bull 's eye and the words deserve memorising : ‘ Long after the medallists have faded from our minds , you will be remembered for having finished , for having tried so hard . ’ |
| 22 | In my opinion it would be a very rash collector who banked on him staying at that level . |
| 23 | There was nothing for it but to accept defeat , which he did with an ill grace , stamping off in disgust followed by the jeers of the crowd and several small boys who ran behind him mimicking his rolling gait . |
| 24 | " To him " , preached Peter , " all the prophets bear witness , that every one who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name . " |
| 25 | He also intervenes in the life of another guest at the party , Celia Coplestone , a young woman who comes to him filled with a sense " … of emptiness , of failure " . |