Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now faces Alan McManus , the Scot who defeated him in the Asian Open semi-finals last year . |
| 2 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 3 | The fact that the Prime Minister of Great Britain had twice flown to Germany to intercede with him , and on the third occasion had hurried across Europe with the heads of the French and Italian Governments to meet him at the shortest possible notice , constituted a personal triumph for Hitler . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules . |
| 6 | Warne 's exploits in the Old Trafford Test , when he grabbed eight wickets , have catapulted him into the Top 10 of the Coopers and Lybrand Ratings , where he is within sight of another Aussie scourge of England , absent medium-fast bowler Bruce Reid . |
| 7 | ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year . |
| 8 | ‘ I just missed everything , ’ moaned Ivanisevic , who crashed 6-3 , 7-6 , 7-6 to a clay court specialist who also beat him at the French Open this year . |
| 9 | Afterwards , Bowe dismissed Lewis , who beat him in the 1988 Olympic final , as ‘ a big , ugly bum ’ . |
| 10 | The rational consumer will choose point W on the budget line which places him on the highest attainable indifference curve , I 1 , . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | His friends hail him as the last great artist of the 20th century . |
| 13 | Ramsey had moved out of the Barthian influence which via Hoskyns attracted him during the earlier 1930s . |
| 14 | If he was thus eligible for that title , there must have been something which qualified him — something which distinguished him from the numerous other leaders , both military and political , who at the time were themselves becoming thorns in the Roman side . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There was a little crowd underneath him , beseeching him with the heavy solemn common-sense of drunks to ‘ come down and not be a fool ’ . |
| 17 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |
| 18 | If he wants anybody to lead him to the so-called English plotters , it 's the very best possible way to go about it . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 22 | The arrangement would bring him into the same stable as Hackett menswear , and people who mix in such circles believe that Lagerfeld , who designs for Chanel and Fendi , will also work for Chloe , Dunhill 's fashion label . |
| 23 | The fate that befell him in the 1956 Grand National booked him a permanent place not only in the reminiscences of racing folk but in the British national memory . |
| 24 | Dada came in ; Hunt evening coat , waistcoat fitting him with the same exact pinch as waistcoats had when he was twenty . |
| 25 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But again the questions — was Boswell telling the truth about Johnson , or was he presenting him in the best possible light ? |
| 28 | Alfred McTear , 48 , has contracted pneumonia and was unable to start giving evidence yesterday to the commission appointed to hear him before the full legal hearing , which may be two years away . |
| 29 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
| 30 | He seemed a genial and indestructible landmark in the history of American music , in spite of defective hearing which had bothered him since the late Seventies . |