Example sentences of "in [v-ing] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 2 | Common Law found a difficulty in protecting him against the stranger . |
| 3 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 4 | You did us a great service in warning him of the threat to his life , Isabel . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | Scudamore said : ‘ This has paid us dividends for our gamble in running him in a big handicap for the first time . |
| 7 | First , the bishop had been enthusiastic in inviting him to the new work and had been wide open to the initiative . |
| 8 | He was suspicious of her motives in inviting him into the house — he usually got no further than the front doorstep . |
| 9 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 10 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 11 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 12 | She had succeeded in damning him with the faintest of eulogies . |
| 13 | Sentencing McPherson , the judge , Lord Cameron , said he accepted that McPherson had been in some part less responsible for the violence to Mr O'Donnell that evening , but added : ‘ Nevertheless you played a full part in luring him into the hands of those who were responsible for repeated acts of a bizarre and terrible character upon him . ’ |
| 14 | Baxter used to delight in taunting him with the nickname ‘ Oor Wullie ’ and in his biography described Allen as ‘ a pillar of the church , a model of rectitude and , not to labour the point , a pompous pain in the neck . ’ |
| 15 | Despite her indulgence of him , she had kept him very much tied to her apron strings and had had great difficulty in relinquishing him to a wife . |
| 16 | Tom had been a great help in advising him on the farming aspects and , of course , on the teaching . |
| 17 | It was not such a great step in reducing him to the laws-giver . |
| 18 | Cross-examined by William Dunlop , defending , Mr O'Donnell agreed that it was possible one of the men had not become involved in attacking him at the quarry . |
| 19 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |