Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flashback F M rewinds to December nineteen eighty three , from three meet former radio four Today presenter John Timpson with another of his wacky books which takes him all over the country looking at the unusual including some of the things you never knew existed in North Yorkshire . |
| 2 | She 's totally loyal to Charles , absolutely discreet and sees it as part of her duty to provide Charles with those emotional satisfactions which set him up . ’ |
| 3 | Born into a provincial Liberal family in 1858 , Hobson developed unorthodox views which prevented him from securing an academic career in his chosen field of economics . |
| 4 | Peck adds that ‘ Some times they prod him with Needles , sometimes they pepper him , sometimes they Shoot at him . ’ |
| 5 | The evidence suggests that Cade 's support was fairly widely based , and that the strength of his leadership lay in his ability to act as spokesmen for all the social groups which supported him . |
| 6 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 7 | It was a good five minutes before Sharpe noticed the French Dragoons who followed him . |
| 8 | I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task . |
| 9 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 10 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
| 11 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
| 12 | Some days she makes him clean latrines . |
| 13 | for a few days we took him up here and all up there ! |
| 14 | For forty days she banishes him to the stables and piggeries . |
| 15 | The valley of the dry bones and the life-giving water of baptism are traditional Christian symbols , but Eliot remains aware of other similar more primitive traditions which lead him to invoke the Virgin in unusual terms : |
| 16 | So he sat still and let her talk , murmuring answers to the few questions she asked him , trying to memorize details that might be important . |
| 17 | There were sensible men who thought him the finest evangelist of his generation . |
| 18 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 19 | Even then , it was the desertion of allies , the failure of his Italian bankers , and the capture of ransomable kings which saved him from financial disaster . |
| 20 | Stephane Grappelli , the renowned jazz violinist , employed English agents who booked him for certain concerts . |
| 21 | Against all the odds , he carried freshly-stamped papers which enabled him to cross into Czechoslovakia to purchase some new rolls of cloth . |
| 22 | Also absent was Taylor , to the anger of some delegations who accused him of delaying proceedings while he strengthened his bid for the interim presidency . |
| 23 | ‘ It is wise to bear in mind how vastly superior is the individual over all the political institutions and social mechanisms which oppress him ! ’ |
| 24 | He might have shed his Lindbergh-like naivete and enthusiasm for simple solutions which made him an easy prey to authoritarianism and the meretricious appeal of Nazis and fascists . |
| 25 | ALTHOUGH the British government would deny ‘ grooming ’ a candidate from within the ranks of its Hong Kong civil service for the job of chief executive after transition in 1997 , it has given John Chan , 46 , a series of fast-track official posts which make him a credible contender for the job . |
| 26 | But he must be all too aware that it wo n't impress the Soviet citizens facing economic crisis , and waiting in the food queues , nor will it immediately resolve the ethnic problems which beset him . |
| 27 | Though they were n't the rangy mustangs they took him to mean . |
| 28 | Two minutes later Leota was seen at his exciting best when he made a midfield break from 45 yards which took him clean through the Rovers defence , and when Taewa scored his second try in the 72nd minute Rovers looked to be subsiding fast . |
| 29 | The law classifies breaches of contract into two categories , first , breaches of a less serious nature which entitle the innocent party only to damages and secondly , more serious breaches which give him also the option to regard the contract as repudiated . |
| 30 | Ms Tierney , of Victor Paul Terrace , Edinburgh , told a fatal accident inquiry in Dunfermline yesterday : ‘ On 15 August when he complained of blinding headaches I took him to my GP who referred him to Milesmark hospital in Dunfermline with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage . |