Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However Steve decided it would be unfair for the winners to go without some kind of reward , and so he intends to pop round to show you his collection of ‘ Bunty ’ comics — expect him within the next 28 days . |
| 2 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 3 | His friends hail him as the last great artist of the 20th century . |
| 4 | During the campaign itself Healey was noticed by only about 12 per cent on average but that concealed some sharp variations : 28 per cent noticed him in the last two days of the campaign , immediately after a spectacular on-screen row with TV-am presenter Ann Diamond . |
| 5 | But Faldo has reserved his most barbed comments for Alliss and the press , even though the publicity afforded him over the last 16 years has brought a £2 million home and bulging bank account worth more than £10m . |
| 6 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 7 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 8 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 9 | That stubbornness had got him through the last four years , but he had finally had to admit that walking out on his wife had been the biggest mistake of his life . |
| 10 | In 1223 Richard was once again in the retinue of William Marshal and followed him over the next few years into Wales , Ireland , and Brittany . |
| 11 | Subconsciously he must have been expecting something like this : his first reaction was not surprise but an intensification of the dull misery which had enveloped him for the last 24 hours . |
| 12 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 13 | ‘ How much money have you given him in the last three weeks ? ’ |
| 14 | R. H. Sherard nursed him during the last six months of his life . |
| 15 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 16 | As Duncan had already decided not to leave the policeman to his own devices , he had no alternative but to join him on the next available flight to Tobolsk . |
| 17 | The commission now has the task of finding another country to take him in the next five days , and it is not optimistic . |
| 18 | With surprise , Juliet realised he was referring to his hospital episode , when she had nursed him for the last two weeks of his stay . |
| 19 | ‘ We have him for the last five games of the League run-in . |