Example sentences of "[verb] him [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise Churchill , who would have agreed with her sentiment when she told him that without the Board of Education , the Board of Trade was ‘ powerless ’ to make ‘ a better worker , a better man , or a better citizen of the young worker . ’ |
| 2 | He received his certificate in July 1947 but the British coal industry had been nationalised in January of that year and his new bosses told him that in the changed circumstances they would not be able to carry out the undertaking he had been given . |
| 3 | I knew that Quechua , the lineal descendant of the Inca language , was spoken by the majority of the Peruvian Indians and told him that in the Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland there were similar tensions . |
| 4 | One told him that in the residential sector , placing authorities are often the last to realise that client abuse is going on . |
| 5 | Dermot Desmond , who secured his investment in UPH and whose executives Kevin Barry and Chris McHugh indirectly controlled the site until days before Telecom purchased it , apparently never advised him as to the potential conflict of interest . |
| 6 | The American camp withdrew him and under the same rule that is used in Ryder Cup matches his match was declared to be halved . |
| 7 | Fairbanks 's corals showed him that in the de-glaciating world around 13,000 years ago , a rapid acceleration occurred . |
| 8 | … must nine warriors , having nine spears , with a ten furrows ' Width between them and him , assail him and at the same time let fly at him . |
| 9 | In other words , if Dr Akhtar has his way , it would become unlawful to vilify a person 's religion , just as it is to humiliate him because of the colour of his skin . |
| 10 | Charles 's own inclination was always towards a pro-French and anti-Dutch policy , though marriages between the Stuart family and the ruling Dutch House of Orange slightly restrained him and by the 1670s most Englishmen were beginning to be a little worried by the increasing power of France . |
| 11 | Nevertheless she followed him and for the next quarter of an hour they streaked up and down the pool . |
| 12 | Lewis says he hopes that public pressure will force Bowe to fight him but after the euphoria of his win over Ruddock and the anticipation of becoming champion , he finds himself as far from the title as ever . |
| 13 | Then as the evening goes on they begin to understand him and at the end they genuinely feel sorry and care for him . |
| 14 | ‘ I was doing everything I could to keep him because of the jobs in the area . ’ |
| 15 | It was I who needed to see him because of the broken nights , the strain involved in loss of sleep . ’ |
| 16 | Now , we hear time and time again of the one million capital that was spent and yes and I do hope that the provisions that will now be made through a combined budget which Mr seems to think is half a million but I can assure you it is not half a million however , I do I can further reassure him that by the time the Highfields er and Moat management committee have gone through with this it will be half a million , there will be a proper budget provision as it should have been in the last five to six years . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 18 | The party turned around to face him and for the first time the fat man moved . |
| 19 | John Kenworthy replaced him and in the 86th minute netted with an angled shot . |
| 20 | The neighbour might say : ‘ He goes for her something shocking , but she sticks him because of the kids . ’ |
| 21 | In Lawrence the appropriation took place because an Italian student handed over extra money to a taxi-driver who had deceived him as to the taxi fare , but Lawrence is not restricted to instances where the accused appropriated by deception . |