Example sentences of "him on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mohamed Al Fayed had advised him on various matters . |
| 2 | The council considered his objections by way of an informal internal appeal procedure , but wrote to him on 27 November 1991 in these terms : |
| 3 | The territory was not densely settled and while emigrants to America might be loyal subjects of Charles II , in Virginia , or might be deeply distrustful of him on religious grounds , as in New England , they were not certainly united with one another . |
| 4 | Several times he stopped and listened , thinking that there had been a movement just behind him or just to the side of him , or that something had padded after him on stealthy feet and was standing watching him . |
| 5 | In line with this , his observations are drawn , not from the consulting room , but from the mundanities of everyday intercourse , while very great pains are taken to record only what the narrator directly observed , or had reported to him on good authority . |
| 6 | His sober , professional and dependable manner , as much as his editorial position , had put him on good terms with most managing directors of most record companies , but his contacts with Branson — while always cordial — had been few . |
| 7 | But as they started to grill him on such matters as his attitude to South Africa and Northern Ireland , it was his actions , not his befuddled replies , which riveted the panel 's attention . |
| 8 | Don McKay , then Rovers ' manager , paid £250,000 for him on New Year 's Day last year . |
| 9 | Clacton magistrates remanded him on conditional bail to appear before them again on March 31 . |
| 10 | Wright , who lent him money that he never repaid , continued to consult him on technical matters after he left Derby ; Burdett in turn seems to have procured purchasers for some of Wright 's pictures , including Washington Shirley , fifth Earl Ferrers [ q.v. ] , and Catherine the Great . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) The Director may investigate any suspected offence which appears to him on reasonable grounds to involve serious or complex fraud . … |
| 12 | The Goldsmiths summoned him to London , but did not refer to his local supporters , appointing him on 7th August because of his excellent testimonials from the Master and Fellows of Christ 's College , Cambridge , where he had been a student . |
| 13 | Umpire Frank Lee called him on 11 occasions for throwing in England 's only innings and , after the home side had wrapped up the game early , he was again called , in the exhibition match which followed , by the other umpire , Syd Buller , and was forced to complete his only over underarm . |
| 14 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 15 | Gandhi wrote to him on 14 February and asked for an interview . |
| 16 | Harris , of Shieldhall Road , West Drumoyne , Glasgow , had been found guilty of assaulting Mr Brown and attempting to murder him on 18 February last year in Shieldhall Road . |
| 17 | Golden Friend also meets him on equal terms today . |
| 18 | Golden Friend also meets him on equal terms today . |
| 19 | Rising stars like Phil Tufnell , Chris Lewis and Graeme Hick have never shared a dressing room with him purely as a team-mate , getting to know him on equal terms . |
| 20 | She lifted her dark head high , determined to meet him on equal terms . |
| 21 | OK , we 'll flush him and put him on forced diuresis . |
| 22 | How then does he explain to himself why his first wife refused to consummate their marriage for months , and why his second — Mandy whom he first seduced when she was just 14 — should only have agreed to make love to him on four occasions during their marriage ? |
| 23 | I think they will , but I can not be sure , and I would not want the National Curriculum to force him on unwilling teachers . |
| 24 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
| 25 | I have had the dubious privilege over the years of debating with him on many occasions . |
| 26 | I disagreed with much of what he had to say , but I welcome him to the House from this Bench and look forward to debating these issues with him on many occasions . |
| 27 | Since then , Dr Richardson has met him on many occasions , and he conveyed the university 's invitation to the Dalai Lama . |
| 28 | So we agreed to compromise with him on certain things , in return for him keeping his nose out of my business . ’ |
| 29 | It is probable that Sheffield did make a start , for a fresh lease was issued to him on 5 December 1806 for the remaining 18 years of his term by Lady Anne Frederica Elizabeth le Fleming — Sir Michael had died . |
| 30 | ( President Assad told him on that occasion that Saddam Hussein was like a chain-smoker : ‘ He can not help lighting another one before he has finished the first . |