Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb base] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The majority revere him in spite of all he 's done , ’ said a US official . |
| 2 | The power of the father is not quite like that of the ‘ patriarch ’ in Filmer 's Patriarcha ( 1680 ) , yet his activities outside the home invest him with an importance which the wife does not have . |
| 3 | He stands , arms outstretched like an ancient knight , whilst the remainder of the team dress him in the EOD suit . |
| 4 | Those in the centre and on the Right regard him as a pragmatist ; those on the Left see him as a right-winger . |
| 5 | Among the Dark Elves of Naggaroth he is known as the Reaper , to the Goblins of Red-Axe Pass he is Orcbane , and to the north the Norse know him as Mankiller . |
| 6 | He 's a good passer of the ball have him in the middle . |
| 7 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
| 8 | We argue about whether everyone has a right that the state protect him from assaults by other citizens , or provide him a decent level of medical care , or guarantee his security from attack by foreign powers . |
| 9 | But the teacher in John still comes out whenever some of the many schoolchildren who visit the centre see him at work : |
| 10 | ‘ Some folk in the city see him in a different light . |
| 11 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 12 | Can Mr Mitterrand , even as the opinion polls condemn him and the press mock him as a king on the eve of his dethronement , be about to try one last grand jeu before he really ‘ quits ’ . |
| 13 | The Trinity House records of the time describe him as 5 feet 8 inches tall , with black hair and dark complexion . |