Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] him of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the goods have been dispatched , the manufacturer sends an advice note to the retailer informing him of the date and time of dispatch . |
| 2 | ‘ He said that every time he returned to the kidnappers to present an offer worked out after lengthy discussions with the family , claiming that this was the absolute maximum the Milettis could afford to pay , the gang accused him of lying . |
| 3 | But Edward was stunned last week to receive an abrupt letter from the DoE accusing him of ‘ damaging ’ their land and threatening to take him to court . |
| 4 | Drowning the typewriter reminded him of what he had done to the remains of Ivor Newley . |
| 5 | It was Barron who had made a show of looking at the figures but it was MacQuillan who had screamed at Pascoe down the telephone accusing him of fraud . |
| 6 | As we tunnelled our way through the steep rhododendron-canopied paths at Aros , Alistair said the rain , the humidity and the terrain reminded him of his ‘ spell in Assam during the War . |
| 7 | One of the parents accused him of ‘ smiling when it was completely inappropriate to do so ’ . |
| 8 | The African told him of the anger in the hearts of his generation . |
| 9 | In 1935 Louis Aragon proudly proclaimed to the world that his encounter with communism and the revolutionary society of the Soviet Union had transformed him into an entirely new man , had rejuvenated him , re-educated him , and in the process cured him of the social disease of his bourgeois class origins . |
| 10 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 11 | However , he was mindful of his limitations and , after some time , he was able to arrange for a ‘ godly , diligent physician ’ to come and set up a practice in the town to relieve him of this burden . |
| 12 | He said that looking out from the platform towards the town reminded him of the late President Kennedy looking out over the Berlin Wall . |
| 13 | Musgrave suggested the scenery along this stretch of the Seine reminded him of Norfolk : ‘ more like English scenery than any district I had seen in Europe . ’ |
| 14 | If he hangs badly towards home or the other horses , he may need a kick or a smart smack with the whip to remind him of his job . |
| 15 | ‘ As a gesture of goodwill , I have decided to waive the charge on this occasion and have written to the gentleman informing him of my decision . ’ |
| 16 | The colour reminded him of the paintings of hell by the mediaeval painter , Ferdinand Breughel . |
| 17 | Quite apart from what the organisers tell him of their intentions , he may have sources of information that have a bearing on how he comes to a conclusion about predicted outcomes . |
| 18 | You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled . |
| 19 | He probably can not accept another man in John 's bed , and the puppet reminds him of that . |
| 20 | The Israelis accused him of selling nuclear information to the Iraqis in 1985 . |
| 21 | The hospital would ring him in the morning to warn him of what they had discovered of Mrs Popple 's death upon doing the post-mortem . |
| 22 | For no reason he could think of the rooms reminded him of a deserted stage set when the play has ended its run and the actors have gone . |
| 23 | When her husband was spotted , torch in hand , prowling the garden at night , the neighbours accused him of spying . |
| 24 | When the jury robbed him of justice , they took it personally . |
| 25 | The jury convicted him of just handling it , then heard that he has 244 previous convictions — 230 for BURGLARY . |
| 26 | Osborne 's parents Jennifer , 40 , and Christopher , 43 , wept as the jury convicted him of murder at Birmingham Crown Court . |
| 27 | The jury cleared him of the charges of criminal mischief , reckless endangerment and operating a vessel while intoxicated . |
| 28 | But the jury cleared him of the allegation . |
| 29 | The farmer warned him of the danger of entering the stall . |
| 30 | The concavity beneath the hip-bone reminded him of a little valley high in the hills of Tuscany or Sicily , bare , smooth and satisfying . |