Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Emperor Frederick II appealed to the cardinals to convoke a general council of prelates and other faithful in Christ to judge him , he must have had in mind Innocent 's council of nearly a quarter of a century earlier . |
| 2 | As long ago as Plato it was believed , ‘ if a person be guilty of impiety let him be punished with death . ’ |
| 3 | For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom ( v. 21 ) . |
| 4 | He walked across the small park on the far side of the street towards the vast exhibition centre , glancing back frequently : he 'd chosen this route because it was impossible for Marler to follow him without being seen . |
| 5 | On the occasion of its 30th anniversary , the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia awarded him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science ; and this month at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science he is to receive an Honorary DSc from the University of Wales . |
| 6 | Montrose , like many politicians of the period , was loyal to those who were loyal to him , and in this case felt he had no choice but to support MacFarlane of Kirkton , for ‘ Kirkton haveing allways stood by me its impossible in honour to drop him . |
| 7 | Were they all pretending to be ignorant in order to trap him into making some punishable blunder . |
| 8 | You can tell that Arthur Parker , head of IBM UK 's Enterprise Systems division , is getting heartily sick of journalists asking him about downsizing : ‘ If I only read the papers and did n't know my subject I would believe that the vast majority of large corporations are desperate to move applications off the mainframe — and that is rubbish ’ he says . |
| 9 | They might not avail to get Harry out of his prison , but they would make it extremely awkward for Isambard to remove him quietly from the world afterwards . |
| 10 | It was all very well for Bragg to instruct him to go the rounds of prostitutes ' haunts , but he had precious little idea of how to go about it . |
| 11 | He seemed far too competent for life to catch him out in so trivial a way . |
| 12 | It was stupid of Lee to let him escape . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd sure like t'have pulled him in that night . |
| 14 | Why should not the greatest Romanian in history imitate him ? |
| 15 | I spect he was pretty angry about t tell him I was living at the house with Marie . |
| 16 | Under his bed he had a complete medicine chest , full of stuff given him by a veterinary friend in Palm Beach . |
| 17 | He got used to people asking him ‘ and what do you do ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It would n't have been fair on Alan to ask him to canvass for me before . |
| 19 | Hoomey was not anxious for Nails to accompany him , but Nails fell in beside him , slouching along with his hands in his pockets , his face sullen . |
| 20 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 21 | Was it a two-way respect — had the two got their heads together and decided it might be beneficial to Travis to send him out of the country for a short while ? |
| 22 | Presumably some of those who were still loyal to Richard kept him informed of the deteriorating political situation , and of the contacts between his brothers and the rebels . |
| 23 | Jones had been cast for the minor but useful role of leading a small diversionary force of ships to the north of England and Scotland , but his attempts to make his ships ready for sea involved him in constant arguments with the French authorities , and his reputation as a tyrannical captain made it hard to find a crew . |
| 24 | And when they came to wake him up and get him ready for breakfast to feed him at six o'clock , he was gone . |
| 25 | Oh , and talking of Leo : James is a bit sensitive about Peter helping him with the book . ’ |
| 26 | It was amusing for Charles to see him in this state , his usual poise unbalanced by childlike curiosity . |
| 27 | As he stared down at his half-empty glass Billy became aware of Freddie watching him closely and he looked up at the schemer suddenly , fixing him with a cold stare . |
| 28 | NIGEL MANSELL confirmed last night that he is aware of moves to buy him out of his Indy Car racing contract and sensationally persuade him to stay in Formula One next year . |
| 29 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 30 | Baxter 's tender conscience and his continual living near to death gave him a lively awareness of the awful danger of spiritual delusion . |