Example sentences of "him [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gave him ample opportunities to put the British case . |
| 2 | It was a strange place and it gave him strange ideas ; he was oddly aware of those who had played , and loved and quarrelled there . |
| 3 | He took with him strange plants and birds to show the King and Queen . |
| 4 | Then he waited as one of the two Han brought him anti-static slippers while the other combed and plaited his hair . |
| 5 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 6 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 7 | Cerruti began work in his father 's factory at the age of eleven , and his 50 years of experience have given him strong convictions about style . |
| 8 | Maud Bailey gave him potted shrimps , omelette and green salad , some Bleu de Bresse and a bowl of sharp apples . |
| 9 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
| 10 | Marie Wassilieff , who ran the artists ’ canteen , gave him free meals and heaped advice upon him lavishly . |
| 11 | Yeah but do n't give him rubber lips . |
| 12 | They can execrate someone whom they decide is a useless clown and they do this by making him a Lord , giving him the chairmanship of a quango and telling the chaps at the Athenaeum to hand him non-executive directorships in 15 companies and a merchant bank . |
| 13 | After that he went to the pet shop which he despised but which occasionally sold him broken biscuits for William , cheap . |
| 14 | Now Marenches informed the king that the continued presence of the Shah would cause him grave problems . |
| 15 | Intelligence and savagery were the order of the day , though Fred Dellar remembers fondly that the most terrible of the enfants , Tony P and Julie B , would bring him cream cakes every week . |
| 16 | I have alarmed my own dentist by asking him detailed questions based on the knowledge gained from Gill . |
| 17 | Keegan offered him improved terms this week but , why he is not in the Newcastle first team remains a mystery . |
| 18 | They 'd fed him and had the decency to give him fresh clothes , the shirt , blue jeans and a broad leather belt with embossed brass buckle to hold them up — camping-shop gear but adequate against the chill of November . |
| 19 | Over the years he had worked hard into the night , had attended every lecture and tutorial , had scarcely taken time to attend student functions such as debates , except that these gave him fresh ideas ; he never spoke at them . |
| 20 | Now , though , his age gave him untold advantages . |
| 21 | It would eventually bring him untold riches . |
| 22 | Alexander sought the advice of numerous doctors and voice trainers who gave him different medicines or voice exercises , but this only brought him temporary relief . |
| 23 | I bought him different clothes , and had his hair cut , but to me he looked just the same , and I lived in constant fear that he would be recognized by someone who had known him in the past . |
| 24 | Sergeant licked Master 's face and hands and gave him playful nips on the arms . |
| 25 | Chartered towns paid him annual rents , known as fee-farms , in return for their privileges . |
| 26 | His employers offered him additional wages and a partial refund of the extra travelling expenses . |
| 27 | Not only did the King fail to punish him , he granted him additional revenues , and in 1703 elevated him to Earl of Stair . |
| 28 | The patronage of Sir Edward Phelips [ q.v. ] probably brought him admission to the Middle Temple ( 1614 ) , James I gave him fee-farm rents in sixteen counties ( 1619–24 ) , and he became clerk extraordinary to the Privy Council ( 1624–40 ) . |
| 29 | However , he is protected by Sigmar , the patron deity of the Empire , giving him tremendous powers as explained below . |
| 30 | Some master , equally lonely , would be set to giving him extra essays and physical training to keep him occupied . |