Example sentences of "him [noun] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she thought of how , if the positions had been reversed , she would have written pages full of detail to Ellen , would have described a child in such a way as to make him spring from the writing , alive and visible . |
| 2 | She had enjoyed bringing him goodies from the kitchen — ends of puddings in one of the dogs ' dishes , the last remains of cakes , meat , bones — only chicken bones , because they were so bad for the dogs . |
| 3 | I read to him sentences from the Report such as : ‘ Schools have the clear responsibility to ensure that all children have full access to Standard English , given its role as an international language used throughout the world and essential for many purposes . ’ |
| 4 | It gave him relief from the tension of sharing the young man 's terrible anguish . |
| 5 | He was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace when Whittaker Chambers , a renegade and self-confessed Communist ‘ spy ’ then on the staff of Time magazine , accused him of having passed him documents from the State Department during the late 1930s . |
| 6 | Meredith waved him goodbye from the gate , watching as he turned outside the Haynes ' cottage and until he had driven off out of sight towards Fenniwick 's garage and the B road turn . |