Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 2 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 3 | Simon shouted this aloud , throwing out his challenge into the dark , as if daring Mr Bishop 's ghost to haunt him again . |
| 4 | ROY KEANE last night revealed he will hold off Nottingham Forest 's attempts to tie him to a new long-term contract . |
| 5 | He was amused by Claire 's attempts to introduce him to attractive women . |
| 6 | Despite McMahon 's attempts to intimidate him , Ince continued to be the motivating force for United , whose dominance culminated in Hughes 's brilliant strike . |
| 7 | Oliver was fairly proof against Emmie 's attempts to frighten him but this ingenious touch was too much . |
| 8 | It was a gladiator 's performance that again calls into question Manchester United 's decision to sell him for £750,000 in the close season . |
| 9 | Mrs McRobert said that Say continued to threaten to take his own life , blaming his wife 's decision to leave him for his predicament . |
| 10 | The Government 's decision to deport him is regrettable , but the matter is out of our hands . ’ |
| 11 | DR Robert Jones , who was repeatedly quizzed after the murder of his wife Diane in 1983 , yesterday began an appeal against the General Medical Council 's decision to suspend him over an alleged improper examination of a patient in Coggeshall , Essex . |
| 12 | The ruling came after a 10-day industrial tribunal hearing at which Robert Nicholson , 58 , challenged Birmingham Education Authority 's decision to dismiss him . |
| 13 | Anfield has quickly taken to the midfielder and manager Graeme Souness 's decision to replace him with Michael Thomas during Tuesday 's match with Southampton was greeted by a chorus of boos . |
| 14 | On June 17 the Colorado leadership issued a statement deploring and rejecting the Assembly 's decision to debar him from a second term . |
| 15 | Stuart Harper ( Points of View , 6 February ) welcomes the Government 's decision to provide him with data on examination results so that he can use it to make decisions on schools in ‘ the Government 's market-place for education . ’ |
| 16 | BARRY FRY wants to put Stan Flashman through the wringer by forcing the man dubbed ‘ Fat Stan ’ to account for yesterday 's decision to sack him as Barnet manager before an industrial tribunal . |
| 17 | Hong Kong 's decision to free him is understood to have been made after talks involving the governor , Sir David Wilson , and the territory 's political adviser , William Ehrman . |
| 18 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
| 19 | But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee . |
| 20 | He was very worried about the rectal bleeding and believed that the consultant 's decision to admit him so quickly indicated his condition was serious . |
| 21 | Tilda , who had been vexed at missing the actual shipwreck , went straight down to Willis 's cabin to ask him if he would draw her a picture of it . |
| 22 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 23 | He needed his wife 's presence to spruce him up and to take both him and the cottage in hand . |
| 24 | Thrust against the opponent 's chest to unbalance him |
| 25 | Filaret owed his eminence less to his holy office than to his son 's willingness to treat him as a co-ruler . |
| 26 | His number two for practical purposes was Roy Jenkins , but they were so totally different in disposition and outlook that the possibility of a friendship would not have existed , even if Wilson had not entertained dark suspicions about Jenkins 's ambition to supplant him . |
| 27 | It called for the appointment of a science adviser at cabinet level and early enough in the new president 's term to help him fill other scientific posts , an expanded Office of Science and Technology Policy ( OSTP ) and access to expert outside advice . |
| 28 | I put my hand round the child 's neck to stop him shouting . |
| 29 | Reaching the middle of the field , she laid the nearside rein on the chestnut 's neck to tell him to go right . |
| 30 | Extraordinary revenues derived from the general obligation of the King 's subjects to aid him in times of emergency . |