Example sentences of "him [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could give him that every night . |
| 2 | It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks . |
| 3 | ‘ I helped you by clearing all the leaves in the yard , ’ she told him half a dozen times , ‘ and I got a cold while I was doing it . |
| 4 | And a slight slip you know , had taken him half a thou over the bore . |
| 5 | This , with other and routine business , took him half a morning , during which Inspector Lane was out of the office on other business and the two young sergeants were in and out all the time ; they seemed to work as a unit . |
| 6 | This comforted him as it had comforted him half a dozen times this afternoon , but his mind remained basically uneasy . |
| 7 | In Fredegar 's narrative Childeric was exiled from the Franks for his sexual profligacy , but he arranged with his faithful follower , Wiomad , that he would return when the latter had sent him half a coin which they had divided between them . |
| 8 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 9 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 10 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 11 | In addition to the beef tea and arrowroot , as much as he will take , we 'll give him half an ounce of brandy every two hours , and twenty drops of laudanum every four . " |
| 12 | If we would give him half an hour to get over the shock of his resurrection he would quietly sit down with a piece of paper ( the back of a bigger envelope , I suppose ) and would work out the relevant design formulae . |
| 13 | She followed him half an hour later , pleased to find him already asleep when she crept into the bedroom . |
| 14 | Simply to contain space , ’ said the television in the poet 's voice , over a shot of him half an inch high striding over the moors . |
| 15 | It had taken him half an hour to get his hands and nails clean , using white spirit and a nailbrush as well as soap and water . |
| 16 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 17 | This syndicate of merchants would in effect become monopoly purchasers and exporters of wool ; in return they would lend the king £200,000 immediately and pay him half the proceeds from the sale of the wool . |
| 18 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 19 | Perhaps he should stay till Donald reappeared , help him clear the field and talk as they worked ? |
| 20 | Yet hath he in him such a mind of honour , |
| 21 | In its asides — quite apart from what he tells us about Milton — we see what it was about Lewis which struck W. T. Kirkpatrick as so remarkable , and which made him such a valued teacher and friend to so many people in the course of his life . |
| 22 | It is what makes him such a refreshing literary historian . |
| 23 | In 1964 , he moved to Trinidad to become Dean of Students , which was a promotion , at the UWI campus there , continuing the work he had begun in Kingston by stressing to the students the importance of discipline , physical fitness , responsibility and such like — in other words , all the values that had made him such a successful captain . |
| 24 | I was delighted that the people of Britain gave him such a marvellous reception . |
| 25 | He wondered why she had turned against him after cooking him such a nice meal and being so kind to him while Smallfry was away . |
| 26 | The witnesses immediately before him painted a picture of an elaborate liar , one whose testimony could probably not be trusted under oath , and of a petty thief who bought lingerie , so it appeared , with money meant for the contras ; some committee members considered him such a ‘ wacko ’ , in the patois , that his testimony would be next to useless . |
| 27 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , I am sure he would not find anyone who would give him such a good time . |
| 29 | And why was it that this deep empathy with the hard done by inspired her to give him such a hard time ? |
| 30 | Anyway , he added to himself , as he looked with pity at the little boy , it was asking for trouble , giving him such a daft name . |