Example sentences of "in [v-ing] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently following a plea by the newly returned Uniate Cardinal Miroslav Lubachivsky [ see p. 38104-05 ] , Khmara had finally been released pending trial on April 5 after almost five months in investigative custody ( the delay in bringing him to trial resulted from the original indictment having been withdrawn by the prosecution in early March for further investigations ) . |
| 2 | She was also instrumental in nudging him into giving 25 per cent of the positions in the Socialist Party to women . |
| 3 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 4 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 5 | Convinced that in keeping him with her , she was merely indulging her maternal regard for him , Richard was playing his last card . |
| 6 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 7 | Common Law found a difficulty in protecting him against the stranger . |
| 8 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 9 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 10 | You did us a great service in warning him of the threat to his life , Isabel . |
| 11 | It was in meeting him on this ground that the British came closest to responding to him as a worthy adversary . |
| 12 | The union acted wrongfully in dismissing him for insisting on his legal rights . |
| 13 | Just as compelling production of incriminating Reports in the hand of the insured may lead to a climate for settlement on the part of the defender , so a Specification properly directed to the pursuer or those to whom he may have entrusted information ( other than his solicitors ) may assist in compelling him to be more realistic . |
| 14 | Early in 1971 Waddell was found guilty of committing perjury at Meehan 's trial and in sentencing him to three years ' imprisonment Lord Cameron suggested that had he told the truth there , the Meehan jury might well have arrived at a different verdict . |
| 15 | He had acquired a strong influence over his brother John in their work for the Company and in saving him from bankruptcy . |
| 16 | While hating him she had loved him , and , loving him , had no shame in wanting him to be her only mate . |
| 17 | The office gossip had been quite useful in reassuring him on that point , and he had been able to view the uncomfortable ride in the lift with them in an encouraging new light . |
| 18 | I should still have thought that in securing him from Bolton Wanderers I had made the best bargain of my life . ’ |
| 19 | Though earlier Joseph 's brothers had planned to kill him , and had succeeded in selling him into slavery , the story 's final scene in Genesis 50 showed sincere confessions of guilt , moving declarations of love and all fear finally removed . |
| 20 | For , whatever else , she would not marry Havvie Blaine now , and she would lose no time in informing him of that fact . |
| 21 | Lady Macbeth succeeds in calming him by her usual tactics of scornful reductivism : ‘ When all 's done , /You look but on a stool ’ ( 67f. ) , and mockery of his cowardice : ‘ What ! quite unmanned in folly ? ’ ( 73 ) . |
| 22 | There is a point in moving him to London because that is near the Houses of Parliament where he has weight . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained . |
| 24 | Thus the Duke and the rest of the Christians are dishonest towards the bond of business set by Shylock in expecting him to be forgiving . |
| 25 | There was no point in providing him with facts . |
| 26 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 27 | Scudamore said : ‘ This has paid us dividends for our gamble in running him in a big handicap for the first time . |
| 28 | Afterwards in the bar , Bender takes great delight in ribbing him over it . |
| 29 | First , the bishop had been enthusiastic in inviting him to the new work and had been wide open to the initiative . |
| 30 | He was suspicious of her motives in inviting him into the house — he usually got no further than the front doorstep . |