Example sentences of "him [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In England , possibly as a result of the Continental view , rumours arose that the Great Fire occurred as a result of acts by ‘ papists ’ and the King ( who had married Catherine , the daughter of the King of Portugal in 1662 ) had to combat the ugly anti-Catholic mood of Londoners and Parliament , particularly when another rumour arose of a plot to overthrow him for his Roman Catholic brother , the Duke of York .
2 The other was from the Vice President in charge of Overseas ' Operations , thanking him for his personal contribution to the expansion of European Component Operations .
3 It is futile to sing to the Lord with enthusiasm , thank him for his personal love , make room for prophecy that is specific and heartwarming , hear the challenging exposition of the Bible if in the end the call is simply not obeyed .
4 Fran stiffened , glaring up at him , hating him for his cool self-assurance , but he ignored the look as his hands tightened painfully around her waist in a silent warning not to do anything silly , before he spoke again , louder this time for the benefit of their audience .
5 He took a sheet of Gordon 's notepaper and typed a short note to Alan Bleath , thanking him for his recent contribution to the stimulating seminar on lenses of a high refractive index , signed this with a fair approximation of Gordon 's hand and put it in one of the ‘ Gordon Beamish : See ? ’ envelopes , addressed to Alan Bleath , 329 Carradine Road , Mitcham .
6 Men love him for his hearty back-slapping and hand-shaking , for his habit of bear-hugging his male aides when things are going well .
7 By then it was too late to enter him for his other preferred Cheltenham Festival target , the Mildmay of Flete Handicap Chase , so he had to take his chance in the big one .
8 For Binks was a plant collector , sending his finds to several eminent gentlemen in the Darlington area who paid him for his keen eyes and diligent legwork .
9 Anton though , as if waiting for this opening , Parker 's panic , caught him for his best bite yet , a chunk : with all of his teeth , his werewolf mouth , from high inside of a beefy thigh .
10 It was about a wife who 'd cheated on her husband , she 'd left him for his best friend , and now the man was on the road trying to mend his broken heart .
11 Billy Jones , a Spurs amateur centre-forward in the 1920s , remembers him for his clever ball control .
12 In an exchange of views in the weekly popular magazine Ogonek in November and December Kharchev accused officials from the CPSU and the State Security Committee ( Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti--KGB ) and Orthodox Church leaders of punishing him for his liberal stance on Soviet religious observance , and particularly on the status of the Uniate Church [ see below ] .
13 When Angel One had reported back to Dragon Control early on the day following the destruction of his Bethlehem House base , the Controller had been unable to keep the malicious satisfaction out of his voice when he had berated him for his ignominious failure , as he put it , in allowing his entire organisation to be destroyed by unforeseen enemy action .
14 ‘ That is what he wanted us all to think , including the Men , ’ said Minch , ‘ and we should honour him for his cunning and intelligence .
15 This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings .
16 I thanked him for his cheering thought and walked over to interrupt Barry who was involved with a small group of well-heeled tourists at the far end of the bar .
17 He moved on to build up quite a successful sub-post office , yet still people remember him for his first novel ’
18 It was Alan 's wife who entered him for his first rally and he enjoyed it so much he decided to continue .
19 One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce .
20 Pieda , a powerful economic group , has attacked him for his crippling levy on whisky and says the excise tax policy on the famous tipple is ‘ against the national interest and discriminates against one of the UK 's top five exporters ’ .
21 The Spirit of the Lord , the ruach adonai passes to David to equip him for his princely service .
22 Markby thanked him for his prompt intervention and help .
23 Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation .
24 Against her creamy paleness his hand was a thin brown intruder , and he knew there were times when she despised him for his swarthy colouring .
25 Though he attempted a detailed rebuttal , chapter by chapter , Milton himself had to admit that ‘ Some men have by policy accomplished after death that revenge upon their enemies which in life they were not able ’ , and that ‘ they who before hated him for his high government , nay fought against him with displayed banners in the field , now applaud him for the wisest and most religious prince that lived ’ .
26 ‘ Certainly , Doctor , if you say so , ’ she replied sweetly , containing the urge to crown him for his patronising ignorance .
27 The traffic he had cut into blared at him for his boorish behaviour .
28 The Cambridge deputy orator of 1957 commended him for his ecumenical work , and as the tireless pastor of the northern province , and made no mention of his academic originality — perhaps the ghost of Bethune-Baker still peeped through a window of the Senate House .
29 I in turn thanked him for his careful encouragement and support at the various stages of the project .
30 Payments to him for his sick daughter Mary are included first in what are known as ‘ Church Extras ’ , then in the main list of relief to paupers .
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