Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] him [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 2 | His intelligence marked him out from other prisoners . |
| 3 | Then murder led him inexorably — apocalyptic naturalism — to confess and accept suffering , and acceptance of suffering took him back to mere existence which is living life , neither more nor less . |
| 4 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 5 | An academic takes him away for extensive intelligence tests , but he becomes disruptive and eventually opts to return home . |
| 6 | Napoleon III in his capacity as sovereign had great personal dignity as well as charm , but as an individual his knowledge of human beings and their behaviour set him apart from other European monarchs , whose more cloistered and conventional upbringing had given them a less perceptive outlook on people . |
| 7 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |
| 8 | He 's got a bad knee and without the union to keep him out of hard physical work he 's stuck really — he 's got no qualifications or anything . ’ |
| 9 | Galliano showed two hours late , which could have ruined him , but fortunately did n't because the press loved him and his audience welcomed him back with loud approval after an absence of two seasons ( due to the lack of financial backing ) . |
| 10 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 11 | Clough , leading scorer at Forest for three of the last four seasons , has been wanted by a number of top clubs since his dad brought him out of local Sunday League football to Forest . |