Example sentences of "'s [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Wendt 's income puts him on a par with Peter Wood , founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland 's Direct Line insurance company who was paid £1.84m last year , but leaves him well ahead of other leading company chairmen . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | More often , an executive 's contract entitles him to private use of his car . |
| 4 | The initial of the novel 's title promises withheld meaning , and is therefore more appropriate than Pynchon 's original title for the novel ( World on a String ) , but the absurdity of Stencil 's activities disqualifies him as an analyst of a hidden principle in modern history , signalled melodramatically as the ‘ Ultimate Plot which Has No Name ’ . |
| 5 | Jarvis 's money brought him in a tiny income , on which it was just possible to subsist if he walked everywhere , never went to the cinema , ate anything nice , smoked , drank , bought new clothes nor used the phone . |
| 6 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 7 | The first hint that Hills might be interested in a group pensions plan came when the company 's Board asked him to arrange a formal briefing . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Simon shouted this aloud , throwing out his challenge into the dark , as if daring Mr Bishop 's ghost to haunt him again . |
| 10 | ROY KEANE last night revealed he will hold off Nottingham Forest 's attempts to tie him to a new long-term contract . |
| 11 | He was amused by Claire 's attempts to introduce him to attractive women . |
| 12 | Despite McMahon 's attempts to intimidate him , Ince continued to be the motivating force for United , whose dominance culminated in Hughes 's brilliant strike . |
| 13 | Oliver was fairly proof against Emmie 's attempts to frighten him but this ingenious touch was too much . |
| 14 | Gentlemen did n't clout their womenfolk about , beat them , bruise them , tie them up and whip them … or whatever jolly games Johnny 's preferences led him to pursue . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Mrs McRobert said that Say continued to threaten to take his own life , blaming his wife 's decision to leave him for his predicament . |
| 17 | The Government 's decision to deport him is regrettable , but the matter is out of our hands . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The ruling came after a 10-day industrial tribunal hearing at which Robert Nicholson , 58 , challenged Birmingham Education Authority 's decision to dismiss him . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | On June 17 the Colorado leadership issued a statement deploring and rejecting the Assembly 's decision to debar him from a second term . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
| 26 | But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
| 30 | Many of Richard Gough 's contemporaries provided him with information about a wide range of cousins and about ancestors going back several generations . |