Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rallied behind him despite an interview at the weekend in which he suggested he had considered the possibility of a contest for the leadership after this year . |
| 2 | It was n't as if she was attracted to him as an individual . |
| 3 | He did talk about his time as the Dauphin in a way that made people fairly sure that if the Stratford management had come to him with an offer , he would have grabbed it . |
| 4 | We which I would hope when will itemise the qualities and strengths of the child that you want to cover , like when we do personal statements or joint statements in the tenth and eleventh year that if the form teacher just ca n't write well Fred 's worked very well , he 's done extremely well in English we 'll actually start to talk about him as an individual and his strengths and weaknesses . |
| 5 | After the event , 239 of the Earl 's friends subscribed towards a trophy to be presented to him as an expression of their gratitude and to commemorate the Tournament . |
| 6 | The thought came to him in an instant as he stood , hesitating over whether to join the fight . |
| 7 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 8 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 9 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 10 | The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street , looking around him with an expression of keen interest . |
| 11 | ‘ ( 4 ) Where a person elects not to perform an agreement which by virtue of this section is unenforceable against him or by virtue of this section recovers money paid or other property transferred by him under an agreement he shall repay any money and return any other property received by him under the agreement . |
| 12 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
| 13 | The light from the launderette had shone upon him like an arc lamp . |
| 14 | His father turned toward him with an earnestness that Jack had never before seen in his face . |
| 15 | If land is given to an infant by will or conveyed to him on an intestacy the legal estate vests in the representatives of the deceased who hold it in trust for the infant . |
| 16 | On 30 August , Amery was saying how glad he was that Hailsham was outside the government ; ‘ I can look to him as an ally in helping to bring the thing to a conclusion reasonably soon . ’ |
| 17 | FISA president Max Mosley told a news conference that the French Formula One driver would not be disciplined for highly critical remarks about FISA officials attributed to him in an interview with a French magazine . |
| 18 | One night just off the M6 in Cheshire , Thor rewarded all the training , attention and love shown to him with an avalanche of devotion and courage . |
| 19 | As Jack goes on hunting , the little ones look at him as an expert . |
| 20 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 21 | He turned and walked away , leaving her standing by the open door of her bedroom , staring after him in an agony of confusion . |
| 22 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 23 | ‘ You all right ? ’ asked Biff , focusing on him with an effort . |
| 24 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 25 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 26 | But she snapped , ‘ I 'm not tired , I 'm not , ’ glaring at him like an enemy , and he felt a sour weariness at the prospect of the long , white night ahead of them . |
| 27 | Moran 's high-strung nervousness , which was usually concealed by slow , deliberate movements , was all on show as he looked about him like an animal in unknown territory and tore open the envelope . |
| 28 | The COB Rules differentiate between dealing with a customer as a counterparty and dealing for him as an agent ; this chapter follows that differentiation and also distinguishes between " clients " and " mere " counterparties ( with whom there is no client relationship but who the COB Rules treat as a " customer " , as discussed below ) . |
| 29 | Maryon was getting a bit worried about him after an evening out in a restaurant : he had been getting behind with his alcohol intake so he decided to catch up . |
| 30 | Curtis looked after him with an understanding grin ; the two men had a lot in common . |