Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] him [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 2 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 3 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
| 4 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 6 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
| 7 | Actually , I found him a pleasant companion . |
| 8 | I found him a clean scarf to hold over his face . |
| 9 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 12 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 13 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 14 | I showed him the relevant page of my guide-book . |
| 15 | I admired him a great deal … ’ |
| 16 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 17 | I bought him one Christmas years and oh hey , we were just married and I ordered him an extending ladder from the Co-op |
| 18 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |
| 19 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 20 | Celtic manager Liam Brady said : ‘ I offered him an improved contract , but the player wants to move south . |
| 21 | I saw him the other day and he said ah yo , have you , not leaking yet is it from that radiator ? |
| 22 | er goggle eyes at the Co-op , I saw him the other week |
| 23 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 24 | The ambassador and his wife were very pleasant , and as the Ambassador stood up and made a very impressive speech in Chinese , I thought him a distinct improvement on his confrère in the Hague ! |
| 25 | On the two occasions he came here , I thought him a charming youth . |
| 26 | ‘ I advanced him a goodly sum , yes . |
| 27 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 28 | I gave him a real dressing-down . ’ |
| 29 | I gave him a ridiculous list of things ( most of them I do n't want , but it 'll keep him busy ) to buy . |
| 30 | I gave him a good going-over , I can tell you . |