Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
| 32 | According to Constanze , he received the news with painful resignation , saying that the situation would have enabled him for the first time to have sufficient leisure to write what he wanted , and to justify his growing reputation ; but instead only death awaited him . |
| 33 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 34 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |
| 35 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |
| 36 | A Jewish chronicler attributed the success of the expedition entirely to the youthful Ensign , calling him for the first time ‘ Cidi ’ , the equivalent of Mio Cid ‘ my lord ’ . |
| 37 | But of course she could n't ; she had to sit there and be polite , supporting him as the next chairman , knowing that was exactly what he was , knowing no one could handle the job better , and knowing too that he was one day going to get around to handling her … superbly . |
| 38 | She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door . |
| 39 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 40 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 41 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 42 | Come and clean my windows and I owed him from the last time . |
| 43 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 44 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 45 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 46 | But there 's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division . |
| 47 | He claimed a British TV cameraman had distracted him during the second run , ruining his concentration and his chances of a top-three finish . |
| 48 | Just hope the potters do n't sell him before the next leg |
| 49 | I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy , as both had known him during the First World War . |
| 50 | ‘ And I am sure that a mighty host awaits him in the Next World . ’ |
| 51 | Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery . |
| 52 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 53 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 54 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 55 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 56 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 57 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 58 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 59 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 60 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |