Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] him [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In America , where they have a fondness for creating lists of the greatest ever people , his Plight of English has placed him among the very top writers on the English language . |
| 2 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
| 3 | It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last . |
| 4 | His research has taken him through the alpine and arid zones of Australia ; botanical history is one of his many interests , and he specialises in the ‘ Compositae ’ family . |
| 5 | His American tour kicked off on day one at the Tournament of Champions in Southern California and has taken him to the two major Pro-Ams — the Bob Hope and the Crosby ( aforementioned Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ) — a trio of Florida events — Doral , the Honda Classic and the Players ' Championship — as well as The Masters , the Colonial , the Memorial , the season-ending Nabisco Championship and a slew of less-hallowed events in between . |
| 6 | Nicholson 's new boy Adrian Maguire has thirty four winners already … but a double from Richard Dunwoody has taken him into the twenties |
| 7 | He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her . |