Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] he [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They were there together until 1771 , when Eleanor Coade sacked him for representing himself , instead of herself , as the proprietor of the factory .
2 For a frustrated moment Maria suspected him of doing it deliberately , to punish her , or perhaps to teach her some sort of lesson .
3 He did , however , mention his Stunt Bat which Graham Mackereth gave him for giving a speech .
4 Whenever Minton entered Mr Alexander greeted him by leading the band into one of his two favourite songs : ‘ My Very Good Friend the Milkman ’ or ‘ I 'm Gon na Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter ’ .
5 In a courtly song Bertrand says that only the beauty of the Duchess Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom ; her naked body would make night seem like day .
6 And he turned on Mr Major to accuse him of running ‘ a regime unwilling to tolerate dissent and afraid of views different from its own ’ .
7 As the junior Environment Minister , Mr Christopher Chope , wound up for the Government , Mr Soley accused him of ignoring the fact that the agency advised departments and the armed forces on security and vetting of staff .
8 Mr Teague accused him of taking a sheath knife to one of the Roberts ' foster sons and saying ‘ no body messes with the Godfather of Gwalchmai . ’
9 The man fired a single bullet , and the decapitation of St Michael prevented him from suffering the same fate .
10 For shocked managing director 's wife Anne Bevins accused him of producing ‘ hard-core pornography ’ in her office .
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