Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] he a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vet gave him a strong dose of painkiller , and after waiting in vain for a while to see if the pain eased , she decided to pop back into town to fetch an x-ray machine . |
| 2 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 3 | The referendum gave him a huge majority : 2773920 votes for and 2452 against the President . |
| 4 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |
| 5 | One set was all they needed from the match but coach Tommy Dowens admitted the defeat left him a little flat in spite of the fact his team clinched the title . |
| 6 | The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve , however , if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar . |
| 7 | and er he would n't keep out , so , so in the end the caretaker got him a little chair |
| 8 | On 8 March 1991 the council sent him a standard form letter in terms reflecting those of sections 64 and 65 . |
| 9 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |
| 10 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 11 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 12 | He was a queer fish , but the town gave him a rough ride when they got the chance . ’ |
| 13 | The prince said he would do so only at the head of an army of 60,000 men ; the parlement pronounced him a contumacious vassal , and sentenced him to loss of the duchy . |
| 14 | The Duke gave him a quick , keen look . |
| 15 | The magistrate gives him a three-week remand in custody . |
| 16 | The abbot gave him a long , penetrating look , and concluded at length : ‘ You are in solemn earnest . |
| 17 | Always placing one foot directly in front of the other gave him a slinking walk . |
| 18 | The Marshal gave him a funny look . |
| 19 | The count shot him a cold , hard look and then turned on his heel . |
| 20 | The last time he came , they had a row and the father called him a bloody upstart . |
| 21 | The father found him a ready substitute for his own dead infant son , Philip , and often called the young writer ‘ Phil ’ . |
| 22 | The guide gave him a puzzled smile . |
| 23 | Darlington borough councillor Paul Geldart last night revealed how Mr O'Hare had begged the authority to find him a new home . |
| 24 | No doubt the woman thought him a concerned , doting husband . |
| 25 | The man said something and they all laughed , the woman giving him a mock slap on the arm . |
| 26 | The headmaster thought him a prime example of naughtiness , but Herbert responded that if the staff were doing their job properly , little boys would not want to run away . |
| 27 | Robert was almost on the edge of confessing everything , when the headmaster gave him a brotherly squeeze . |
| 28 | The Headmaster gave him a cold stare . |
| 29 | Cardus ' determination in his battle with the American made him a big hero in Spain last year . |
| 30 | His son 's attack upon the Church gave him a massive influx of land revenues , while the potential yield of feudal sources was increased by the stricter definition of the law of uses . |