Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] him a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet at the Enterprise Works has given him a full-time job , making components for local firms . |
2 | The 5ft 6in speedster felt he was persona non grata throughout Dave Stringer 's five years in charge at Carrow Road , but Mike Walker 's arrival in the summer has given him a new lease of life . |
3 | Oliver 's experience of returning to Metastasio 's original text has given him a new respect for that most maligned of operatic dramatists . |
4 | The Amstrad PCW he bought for writing letters when handwriting became too difficult has given him a new interest in life . |
5 | After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life . |
6 | But now he 's back on the track chasing the appearance money that has earned him a detached house in the Surrey stockbroker belt of Lightwater . |
7 | His bold , unflinching approach to racing has won him a devoted following , especially in his home country . |
8 | His antiquarian temperament has made him a greater snapper-up of unconsidered trifles of archaeology , architecture and literature . |
9 | He assumes that becoming rich has made him a better man and that he deserves admiration for it . |
10 | In his defence , Souness believes his no-nonsense approach has made him a marked man . |
11 | A First Division club — possibly Wakefield Trinity — has made him a tempting offer and Roberts , who played for Wigan in 1987 , is keen to accept . |
12 | Andrew 's background has made him a focal point for media interest this week , including an appearance on regional television filmed back at the last working tin mine , at South Crofty , near Redruth . |
13 | Cummins has offered him a senior position with the company and the chance to spearhead its attempts to break into the East European engine market . |