Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] him [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he encountered no opposition based on nationalism , but his fervent support of Islam led him to abandon the tolerant policy his predecessors had adopted towards the Hindu majority , and this probably intensified resistance to his advance . |
| 2 | They did it , very slowly and tenderly , and then drove on again ; and then Boy made him stop the second time , in a layby with the first lorry headlights going past , and the man took Boy 's cock in his mouth again , and masturbated Boy again so that he came a second time , and then they drove again . |
| 3 | He was never a precise golfer in the mould of Hogan , but his magnificent tactical management enabled him to calculate the exact odds in moments of high tension . |
| 4 | He wondered afterwards whether his unlooked-for success in the examination caused him to read the wrong subject at the university . |
| 5 | Danny was heavier by at least two stone , and his upright stance made him appear the taller of the two . |
| 6 | The status which it gave him as a disinherited lord led him to oppose the Anglo-Scottish truce of 1323 and helped to persuade him to turn his coat shortly afterwards . |
| 7 | His father encouraged him to read the historical books of the Bible . |
| 8 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
| 9 | A photographic memory enabled him to avoid the obvious suspicions which Special Branch officers noting the proceedings obviously fell under at such meetings . |
| 10 | The raider forced him to open the safe and fled with cash . |
| 11 | Kerr was Millwall 's leading scorer and a contender for Player of the Year until an ankle injury forced him to miss the closing weeks of last season . |