Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.

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1 This remedy had certainly done him no harm , for he was a sprightly eighty-year old .
2 If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence .
3 If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence .
4 I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son .
5 His aspect was cheerful and his speech and motion did both declare him a gentleman . ’
6 If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence .
7 Mine had the same amount , while Thessy 's only contained a hundred , though the proctologist had also given him the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat .
8 Handling the fast terrain with confidence several sceptics had previously labelled him a mudlark with no acceleration - Captain Dibble jumped superbly under champion Peter Scudamore , gradually grinding Dalkey Sound into submission .
9 His gloom was reinforced because the Lebanese embassy had just refused him a visa and the only two countries he thought he could get into were Jordan and Romania , neither of which were likely to offer him employment .
10 Jacqui had only given him the Christian name .
11 He asked me what I was going to wear and said his mam had just bought him a new duffle coat and did I like it , ’ she says .
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