Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] had [vb pp] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 7 | For the first time she had met him a flush darkened the back of his neck . |
| 8 | The last time he had seen him the Trollslayer had been wandering off to booze with his fellow outcast Dwarfs . |