Example sentences of "[vb past] to him by " in BNC.

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1 It must be remembered that , nine times out of ten , the third party solicitor will be relying on descriptions of locus , machinery , etc. provided to him by his client — and will not have had the opportunity of visiting the LOCUS himself .
2 Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name .
3 Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name .
4 Rose came to him by night now .
5 Donald Crubach played to him by the hour .
6 Until now he had been using one loaned to him by Christian .
7 Subsequent reliefs were smaller : in October 1241 Adam of Purton , nephew and senior co-heir of Thomas of Sandford , paid ten marks for a grant of seisin of the wardenship of Braydon Forest , which belonged to him by right of primogeniture .
8 Only when his first movement unleashed the pounding headache bequeathed to him by half a bottle of the college 's specially shipped port did he begin to regret the decision .
9 The villages , hamlets and the red-tile-roofed manors boasted their peace and prosperity for Henry was still living on the treasure bequeathed to him by his father .
10 He left them in a panelled solar beyond the hall , and went to inform his master that he had unexpected guests ; and no more than five minutes later the door of the room opened upon the lord of half Leicestershire , a good slice of Warwickshire and Northampton , and a large honour in Normandy brought to him by his marriage with the heiress of Breteuil .
11 Incidentally , I spoke to him by house telephone yesterday evening shortly after eight o'clock and , again , at about nine fifteen .
12 The restriction has to be justified in this case as being reasonably required for the protection of the plaintiffs ' trade secrets by preventing the defendant from disclosing confidential information imparted to him by the plaintiffs in the course of his employment …
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