Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [verb] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two robbers banged on the side of the Security Express van , spread-eagled one of the guards before shooting him in the legs . |
| 2 | Vic keeps Baxter in suspense for a few moments , while he reviews the advantages of having him under an obligation . |
| 3 | He was suspicious of her motives in inviting him into the house — he usually got no further than the front doorstep . |
| 4 | Efforts at turning him into a sort of global brand — a line of shoes for L.A. Gear , toys called ‘ Michael Jackson 's Pets ’ — have failed miserably . |
| 5 | If this is proved , the court makes a preliminary order , called a ‘ receiving order ’ , which protects the debtor 's property and prevents creditors from suing him without the leave of the court . |
| 6 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 7 | The determination Alexander demonstrated as a war-leader undoubtedly resurfaced on a number of occasions after Russia made peace , but explaining the emancipation of the serfs by depicting him as a latter-day Peter the Great oversimplifies Russian politics between 1855 and 1861 and says almost nothing about the shape of the emancipation settlement . |
| 8 | Nadirpur spoke to his office in Monaco and left instructions for contacting him at the IAP offices in London . |
| 9 | An especially clear example is in the fabliau Boivin de Provins , in which the hero , Boivin , having deluded a household of whores into providing him with a meal and a girl for free , and having set them at each other 's throats , goes off to tell the provost of the town the tale , who in turn spreads the tale around , producing much mirth and laughter . |
| 10 | And when the colonel himself seemed to have taken matters into his own hands by delegating him to a job that tired him out day after day , week after week , it seemed they had been successful . |
| 11 | BRITISH spy Ian Spiro left bloody fingerprints smeared on his son 's bedroom walls after blasting him in the head twice with a handgun . |
| 12 | They then drove fifteen miles before dumping him on the Buckinghamshire border . |
| 13 | At the time of his resignation Miyazawa had stated that an aide , Tsuneo Hattori , had purchased the shares without informing him of the transaction . |