Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray managed to get P & O to give him a free passage on a voyage to Athens , Constantinople , Jerusalem and Cairo and earned money by writing about the trip afterwards . |
| 2 | THE decision by Scotland 's Stephen McAllister 's to concentrate on rhythm and feel rather than technique brought him a rich dividend in the Balearic Open here yesterday . |
| 3 | But , she says , she did think that Ken showed him a certain degree of respect . |
| 4 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 5 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 6 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 7 | I 'm not a psychologist , but I read , and I would say that attitude gives him a colossal arrogance . |
| 8 | Another problem was his feathers : he was n't growing down quickly enough and he was always shivering , so Maureen made him a little coat out of cotton wool . |
| 9 | He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man . |
| 10 | Mankiewicz always refuted stories that Sinatra gave him a hard time on the set , but one of Mankiewicz 's sons said that his father ‘ finished the picture hating Sinatra ’ . |
| 11 | If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism . |
| 12 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 13 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 14 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 15 | Danny 's eyelids were drooping as he sat in front of the warm fire and Nellie gave him a blinding look . |
| 16 | He said nothing more and Maggie shot him an intrigued look . |
| 17 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 18 | I butted in : ‘ But of course Martinez was right again — Harley starts to win and Martinez gets him a fat contract with Supersight . |
| 19 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 20 | The words said one thing , but the tone of Luke 's deep voice said entirely the opposite , and Fran shot him a withering look , then winced as his hand tightened around hers in a painful warning . |
| 21 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 22 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 23 | On one side is the spineless Bishop Barrantes , representing the worst aspects of the Church 's mugwumpery and corruption ; on the other is Father Maby , confidant of Elena and friend to the poor and displaced in his jungle retreat ; his work is less glamorous than the revolutionary 's , but his wisdom and gentleness make him the unexpected hero of the novel . |
| 24 | His many talents in the arts and sciences brought him a wide circle of acquaintances in Derbyshire , especially the painter Joseph Wright [ q.v. ] , in several of whose paintings he appears , notably in ‘ A Philosopher giving a lecture on the Orrery ’ ( 1776 ) where Burdett is seen sketching . |
| 25 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 26 | David glanced across and smiled , and Juliet shot him an agonised glance which he did n't intercept . |
| 27 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |
| 28 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |
| 29 | Coleridge 's silence and solitude gives him an immediate affinity with this frost , and his work of meditation is also an unseen action . |
| 30 | His muscular build , boyish charm and natural sense of fun and adventure made him a popular screen idol with men and women alike . |