Example sentences of "taken [prep] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the war captor and captive became friends , and Otto showed us the Zeiss binoculars which Macintyre had taken off him as a trophy of war , but had recently handed back . |
| 2 | Stuart Everton , 20 , had £1,800 taken off him by two men after the raid in Barnet , north London . |
| 3 | Thomson volleys it forward to Jochim taken off him by Phillips . |
| 4 | Gemmell Gary Crosby gets his first touch taken off him by Lewis . |
| 5 | Here 's Pearce Crosby and now Collimore taken off him by Agnew . |
| 6 | The loud calls for the author , by a curious irony , were taken for him by the U.S. ambassador . |
| 7 | It is as if this had been the artificial carapace which had now dissolved and there emerged the smiling , bright-eyed figure of Eliot , with an expression close to that of the photographs taken of him in childhood . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , no measures were taken against him at the Restoration , suggesting perhaps that he had not been a republican by choice and may have worked towards the return of Charles II . |
| 9 | In 1633 legal action was taken against him by his countrymen and co-adventurers at Hatfield Chase . |
| 10 | After the Ascension of Christ , Luke , whom Paul had taken with him as an expert in the way ( teaching ) , wrote under his own name and according to his own understanding . |
| 11 | A collection of early aviation postcards failed to find a buyer , but as compensation early space flight memorabilia such as the Union Flag carried by Al Warden and taken with him on Apollo 15 around the moon sold for an impressive £1,600 . |
| 12 | Viktor had sketched the green enamel and the twinkling diamonds in the tattered book he 'd taken with him from the charnel house that had been his home . |
| 13 | It is to be observed that in the Bognor Regis case Browne J. did not consider whether his decision had any effect on the right to freedom of expression , doubtless because the point was not taken before him by the defendant , who appeared in person . |
| 14 | Bruce , bitter at the crown being taken from him in 1238 ? |
| 15 | His little-boy mask had slipped by a fraction , a sure sign of the energies that had been taken from him in the past hour , and someone else was looking out — someone much harder , more calculating . |
| 16 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 17 | His goodwill with those customers belonged to him and can not reasonably be taken from him by a covenant of this kind . |
| 18 | A person in possession of a moveable chattel ( e.g. a painting ) who loses it , or has it stolen from him or otherwise taken from him against his will can demand it back within five years from any person who then has possession of it [ Art . |
| 19 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
| 20 | The opposition Awami League opposed the motion , which followed attempts in early July to restore parliamentary rule and to ratify the appointment of acting President , Shehabuddin Ahmed , and all actions taken by him during his tenure . |
| 21 | If we discount Anderson 's lecture in scenes eleven to fourteen on the grounds that he is actually reading from a prepared script , rather than speaking conversationally , this turn of 53 words is the only long turn taken by him after scene six . |