Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'm not a psychologist , but I read , and I would say that attitude gives him a colossal arrogance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 5 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 6 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |
| 7 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |
| 8 | Coleridge 's silence and solitude gives him an immediate affinity with this frost , and his work of meditation is also an unseen action . |
| 9 | His muscular build , boyish charm and natural sense of fun and adventure made him a popular screen idol with men and women alike . |
| 10 | Michael reminds me of a cardboard version of Prince ; his experiments with pastiche and his fusion of pop and soul make him an eclectic chap , but a dull one . |
| 11 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |