Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the genial Binkie Beaumont was prepared to pay him a third of what the experienced Emlyn Williams knew he was worth and could get . |
| 2 | Maggie was ready to give him the glory , to return to him and stay with him forever . |
| 3 | When one of the men he had employed as a ploughman in the autumn came to the farm , more in hope than the expectation of finding any work , Seb was able to offer him a day 's pay . |
| 4 | He was so damned humble that O'Hara was obliged to offer him a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | The incredible thing was Luigi was happy to give him the shirt — that 's how important he was . ‘ |