Example sentences of "him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he attempts to talk to you , you will flick him a haughty glance and say nothing . |
| 2 | Gurder gave him a haughty look . |
| 3 | ‘ I was thinking I 'd like exactly the same thing , ’ she confessed , giving him a radiant smile . |
| 4 | Her heart gave a sudden lurch as she looked up into his handsome face , and despite herself she sent him a radiant smile . |
| 5 | This was the bond which gave him a warm and interested reception . |
| 6 | While Charles remained , apparently inactive , at Edinburgh , the British government was making vigorous preparations to give him a warm reception when , as expected , he advanced into England . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's right , ’ and she gave him a warm smile . |
| 8 | She gave him a warm smile . |
| 9 | President Sékou-Touré gave him a warm welcome . |
| 10 | She gave him a warm , friendly look , touched by the thought of his devotion to them — and brightened at the thought of playing with his children . |
| 11 | Tall , tanned , golden hair , and those blue eyes so full of honesty and humour that I thought him a warm , generous man . |
| 12 | She gave him a warm smile . |
| 13 | Despite the record unpopularity of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , the 2,500 delegates gave him a warm reception as he promised a third consecutive PCP victory in the federal elections due in 1993 . |
| 14 | In a relaxed first address to Labour 's Scottish conference at Inverness which brought him a warm reception , he closed the embarrassing divide in party ranks over water privatisation . |
| 15 | Drinking half her cup she put it down , twisted round to face him , her chin resting in her hand , and told him a strange story . |
| 16 | Steve Harper , haulage contractor , stood outside alone for a grateful crisp smokeless moment of silence , and when they opened the door to him a strange shadow of the night sidled in with him from prehistory . |
| 17 | Having decided that they would accept Mr Cowdrill as a franchisee , Athena took responsibility for finding him a suitable site , in a prime position in Sutton Coldfield . |
| 18 | Conscious that he needed an heir , James now acquired a wife , having instructed the envoy sent to find him a suitable bride that she should not be ‘ too horrible ’ . |
| 19 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 20 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 21 | He was willing , if they gave him a suitable hostage to ensure their good faith , to allow Berwick ten more days of siege , whereafter , if they were not relieved by the so-called Regent , they must surrender . |
| 22 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |
| 23 | This factor … should make the court the more cautious before holding that the defendant had had both a factual possession and animus possidendi sufficient to confer on him a possessory title … |
| 24 | He gathered about him a technical staff of diverse talents , whom he inspired with an enthusiasm to give of their best . |
| 25 | In addition , Seb 's fight with Boz had made him a temporary focus for their anger . |
| 26 | She gave him a mistrusting look and altered the question . |
| 27 | As Coleman 's real job was to file back-channel reports on the operations of DEA Nicosia , the DIA was hardly likely to have told Hurley that they were lending him a full-time agent . |
| 28 | Yet at the Enterprise Works has given him a full-time job , making components for local firms . |
| 29 | ‘ You walk alongside of me , ’ and he gave him a gentle push into the field , and swung the gate behind him . |
| 30 | Give him a gentle stroke . |