Example sentences of "him of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As on many occasions when drink is taken , it ended up in tears and in a finger-wagging shouting match with the Labour leader , John Smith , accusing him of a stark betrayal of promises . |
| 2 | She reminded him of a young colt : there were moments when her legs seemed much too long and her posture quite unladylike — and others when , caught unawares in a reverie , she had all the poise of a marquesa . |
| 3 | But clearly there is a point beyond which restrictions can not reasonably be imposed on the grounds of good neighbourliness without payment of compensation — and ‘ general considerations of regional or national policy require so great a restriction on the landowner 's use of his land as to amount to a taking away from him of a proprietary interest in the land ’ . |
| 4 | In the valley of Minas Morgul the Ringwraith sends out a command for him to put it on , but Frodo finds no response to it in his own will , feeling only ‘ the beating upon him of a great power from outside ’ . |
| 5 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 6 | On their account I excuse the absence in him of a warm heart , a vivid imagination , and a grand style : for he has none of those great gifts . |
| 7 | A dissident intellectual passing out leaflets at a factory gate reminds him of a nervous child offering a sugar lump to a large horse . |
| 8 | It reminded him of a veined glass marble he had once owned as a boy . |
| 9 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 10 | The concavity beneath the hip-bone reminded him of a little valley high in the hills of Tuscany or Sicily , bare , smooth and satisfying . |
| 11 | This should assure him of a bright future with ‘ The Stiffs ’ and , in all probability , lead to the club captaincy next season . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Corporal instructor spoke quietly in his ear , reminding him of a few basics , and unobtrusively removed the lift bar at the same time . |
| 14 | It might remind him of a few school episodes he will have made sure to forget . ’ |
| 15 | The news of my pregnancy would shatter him ( convincing him of an immaculate conception would have been easier . ) |
| 16 | Baburin repeatedly polled more votes than Khasbulatov , because a group of about 150 deputies in the Smena ( " change " ) group , a part of Democratic Russia , refused to support Khasbulatov , accusing him of an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 17 | He said that looking out from the platform towards the town reminded him of the late President Kennedy looking out over the Berlin Wall . |
| 18 | Duncan had asked , when Myeloski told him of the strange situation in which they had found Leeming . |
| 19 | By the time Adam and Billie were drinking their coffees , the contact had interrupted Kragan at a training meeting and told him of the two foreigners in the Bellevue Hotel who were enquiring about the Dresden Heide . |
| 20 | Mr. Davies : When the Secretary of State next meets the chairman , will he tell him of the deep anger and resentment in west Wales that British Coal is walking away from the anthracite coalfield , with its enormous reserves of high quality and saleable coal ? |
| 21 | A working ormolu and bronze lion mantel clock — Louis Quinze , he could almost hear his wife Carole exclaiming — reminded him of the relentless passage of time . |
| 22 | A 19-year-old brunette who worked in ‘ Back and Sides ’ , an Arden hairdresser 's , she reminded him of the young Alma Cogan . |
| 23 | Because Pound was not a combatant , and because he resolutely resisted making easily patriotic and self-righteous gestures ( this is what Homage to Sextus Propertius is about , very largely ) , the impact upon him of the First World War is under-estimated . |
| 24 | Rees thereupon complained to the European Commission of Human Rights that , by refusing to alter the recorded sex on his birth certificate , the United Kingdom , through its law , is depriving him of the legal status corresponding to his actual condition , to which he is rightfully entitled by Article 8 . |
| 25 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 26 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 27 | Just on half-time , a long ball from Milne put him through within excellent shooting distance of Thomson , but McCart 's late intervention robbed him of the golden chance to break the deadlock . |
| 28 | But William 's grandad was too busy working to notice or care , riding shotgun to a great clattering brute of a knitting machine that reminded him of the Irish cobs he 'd broken in for the brewery ; he could knit thirty fully fashioned stockings an hour , sixteen hours a day . |
| 29 | He eventually slumps back into his seat , his smarting face and aching eyes reminding him of the misled thought journey that took him back round to before where he started . |
| 30 | On Aug. 11 the Supreme Soviet in emergency session had deprived him of the additional powers granted on April 30 [ see p. 38916 ] , and , in a resolution passed on Aug. 14 on extricating the country from crisis , censured him for " indecisive and at times incompetent policy " and demanded that he and the government take all measures to implement the July peace agreement [ for which see p. 39010 ] . |