Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 2 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 3 | But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 4 | I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute . |
| 5 | By this time he would not have been surprised if she had taken up the lecture and returned him a brief history of the next four centuries . |
| 6 | Unlike Hitler , however , the Americans were anxious for Franco 's consent and found him a reasonable interlocutor . |
| 7 | He said goodbye to the tourist and wished him a pleasant stay . |
| 8 | She raised her head and threw him a cold look . |
| 9 | His extreme empathy coloured his behaviour and made him a heady , if unpredictable companion . |
| 10 | When he reached twelve his father cut short his education and procured him a naval cadetship in March 1800 . |
| 11 | Uncle Mick reached across his wife and gave him a heavy slap on the knee . |
| 12 | He helped Willie into the back and threw him an old rug to cover himself with for he still looked terribly pale . |
| 13 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 14 | I patted Armstrong 's stubbly radiator and promised him a good clean-out . |
| 15 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 16 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
| 17 | By now , though , he was tired of Barbados , particularly its narrowness of spirit ; they expressed their appreciation of his runs by refusing to allow him , as a black man , to practise at Kensington Oval , and he believed there were still those who resented his success and thought him the same ‘ bighead ’ as at school . |
| 18 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 19 | She replaced the receiver and gave him an apologetic smile . |
| 20 | And she put it before Gabriel on a wooden plate and gave him a wooden cup full of water . |
| 21 | Knocker re-filled Sooty 's mug with rough cider and gave him a disapproving look at the same time . |
| 22 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 23 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 24 | And eventually rap rapped his face and called him a effing person like , you know , it 's |
| 25 | so I , I went back in house and fetched him a little bowl back with me taters in , peeling taters , |
| 26 | On Friday evening , Seth directed Joey to a car dealer and bought him a maroon 1982 Cutlass Calais for three thousand dollars . |
| 27 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |
| 28 | Is it my fault if the King has spoilt his son and made him a laughing stock in Europe ? |
| 29 | The charismatic former director of Essex social services , Maurice Hawker , writes to reassure readers , following our exclusive report ( 25 February ) that Tony Newton , former Social Security Minister and Essex MP , turned up at his farewell party and wished him a happy retirement on behalf of the government . |