Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 2 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |
| 3 | It was sadder still when People magazine was still calling him a ‘ bimboy ’ at 28 . |
| 4 | He said he would be relieved to have the operation performed because his hernia was now bothering him a great deal . |
| 5 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
| 6 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |