Example sentences of "to him [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the UCTA applies , despite such an exclusion clause , the buyer will be able to enjoy the express remedies under the clause , and any other remedies available to him at law as well . |
| 2 | The same thing always happened to him at school if he was brought out to the front of the hall for talking in assembly , or if he had to stand in the aisle with his hands on his head for not paying attention in class . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , as my sister records : ‘ I recall vividly sitting next to him at table and the feeling of awe at actually passing things to my hero as he had then become . ’ |
| 4 | The psychologist had suggested among other things that Mrs Singh could help to improve Jeetinder 's spoken and written language by reading to him at bedtime and could help to improve his numeracy by encouraging him to spend and account for his pocket money . |
| 5 | And Simone was responding to him with laughter and appreciation . |
| 6 | But more compelling were her dark expressive eyes , eyes that had widened with shock on seeing Tyler there , eyes that might have spoken to him of anger but instead had betrayed something much deeper , and far more dangerous . |
| 7 | Because of this , it went on , the city was bound to him for life and death and was now ready to spring to his assistance with a great display of strength . |
| 8 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 9 | Together we praise God for abundant past blessings and look to Him for direction and strength in the coming days . |
| 10 | He tells everybody his sister gave it to him for Christmas and he does n't really want one , but what with the job and all his meetings it comes in handy . |
| 11 | Strange he thought , there seems to be a current fad around about dinosaurs , there was one on top of a bottle of bath oil one of his grandsons had given to him for Christmas and another was perched on the handle of a nail brush in the bathroom . |
| 12 | The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke 's election would scare off tourism and outside investors . |
| 13 | ‘ He needs to get fit and to improve his sharpness but it 's up to him to show that he can do a job for us , ’ said Flynn . |
| 14 | When these films made over a twenty year period have , on rare occasions , been seen by Western audiences , critics have referred to him as neo-neo-realist or post-Brechtian film-maker . |
| 15 | When he was appointed is not known , but it was before 1496 , for the rent roll dated Christmas of that year shows payment of £10 to him as priest and Schoolmaster at Stockport . |
| 16 | ‘ 2(1) A person 's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest — ( a ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he has in law the right to deprive the other of it , on behalf of himself or of a third person ; or ( b ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it ; or ( c ) ( except where the property came to him as trustee or personal representative ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that the person to whom the property belongs can not be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 17 | People have been talking to him about sickness and that if an office has erm people that are off sick a lot more than another office they 're at a disadvantage . |
| 18 | Anne claimed Joe to talk to him about the books she had read and all that had happened to her since he went away , and Terry and Stephen wanted to talk to him about football and their latest craze , greyhound racing . |
| 19 | The King was glad enough to have Kyrenia delivered to him through fire and through illness : it spared lives , no doubt , in the end . |
| 20 | ‘ Three times , ’ he corrected softly , claiming her mouth , which opened to him without protest as her body went limp . |
| 21 | The man was known to him by sight and by name ; he had nothing against him . |
| 22 | He handed it across to the Colonel who noticed with some satisfaction that it was addressed to him by name and not merely as commanding officer . |
| 23 | possession and enjoyment of the property is not bona fide assumed by the donee at or before the beginning of the relevant period ( in theory therefore , if the donee assumes this late , the provisions will be offended ) ; or 2. at any time in the relevant period the property is not enjoyed to the entire exclusion , or virtually to the entire exclusion , of the donor and of any benefit to him by contract or otherwise then the provisions of Finance Act 1986 , s102 will apply . |
| 24 | Thirdly , in relation to the gifted property this must be enjoyed to the exclusion or virtually to the exclusion of the donor and of any benefit to him by contract or otherwise . |
| 25 | The words " in relation to " referred to in the third limb do not appear in the section but it seems to the author that the reference to " any benefit to him by contract or otherwise " must relate in some way to the gifted property , and a conclusion along those lines seems to have been drawn in some of the old estate duty cases ( see Chick v Commissioners of Stamp Duties [ 1958 ] AC 435 at 447 ) . |
| 26 | With regard to the second and third limbs it seems clear that the statute requires not only the exclusion ( or virtual exclusion ) of the donor from the enjoyment of the gifted property ( second limb ) but also the exclusion ( or , presumably , the virtual exclusion ) of the donor from any benefit to him by contract or otherwise ( Oakes v Commissioners of Stamp Duties [ 1954 ] AC 57 ) . |
| 27 | Allied to him by region and ( later ) marriage , was Robert . |
| 28 | It was more a question of belonging to God 's kingdom by responding to him in faith and accepting his ‘ rule ’ over one 's life . |
| 29 | She turned to him in despair and the tears were running down her face . |
| 30 | As the recently-formed RAF Museum was still several years away from having its own permanent display building , D'Arcy persuaded the Air Historical Branch to release PA474 to him in order that he could properly restore it and keep it under cover . |