Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] have [vb pp] him [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course I 've made him a pie — why should n't I ? |
2 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
3 | The essay , on ‘ The Dangers of Smoking ’ , had cost Hank a number of Sundays of hard work , and he estimated that he must have smoked at least eight packs of cigarettes while writing it , but to his astonishment it had won him a hundred dollars . |
4 | ‘ Because Father is a tired old man I have spared him a hundred times , and tolerated things which are little short of intolerable . |
5 | Nigel had invited his teacher 's attention and in turn she had offered him a chance to try to tell her what he meant by ‘ balance ’ . |
6 | He had first met Sylvester during the early years of the war ; whilst in the Army he had sent him a letter ( now lost ) which Sylvester claims was one of the funniest and most brilliant he has ever received . |
7 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
8 | But to teach the man a lesson they had given him a supply of twigs that were old and weak ; poor twigs for making brooms with . |
9 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
10 | For the first time she had met him a flush darkened the back of his neck . |
11 | The last time he had seen him the Trollslayer had been wandering off to booze with his fellow outcast Dwarfs . |