Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1794 his letters were being opened by the government , who were said to regard him as ‘ the most dangerous person in the county of Somerset ’ . |
| 2 | They were written to proclaim him as the Christ , the anointed of God , the revealer of the Father , and to elicit the appropriate response of faith and trust in him . |
| 3 | Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently . |
| 4 | After four years in the explosives division , his management potential had been spotted and moves were made to launch him on a management development programme of rotation to broaden his experience . |
| 5 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 6 | They were ranked to meet him in the misty rain , every soul from castle and clachan , fidgeting and nervous , and in front of them all Marion Aluinn , eager to break the tense silence , lovely in her excitement . |
| 7 | The girls were allowed to visit him in the clinic . |
| 8 | The president and his senior staff shared a fervent conviction that legislators , administrators and the national media were resolutely opposed to all that Richard Nixon stood for and were determined to prevent him from making a reality of his policy intentions . |
| 9 | Police were sent to arrest him on a charge of attempted murder , but in the ensuing melee the Rajah was shot dead . |