Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Man of the match Smith admitted he would not have been surprised if Hick had pipped him to the award . |
| 2 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 3 | Meredith had spotted him at an end of term production of You Never Can Tell at drama school . |
| 4 | Sylvie had told him with a dreamy insouciance that Katherine was away in Boston , staying with a charming man called Thomas Sachs . |
| 5 | And the Cid sent for all his friends and his kinsmen and vassals , and told them how King Don Alfonso had banished him from the land , and asked for them who would follow him into banishment , and who would remain at home . |
| 6 | Or perhaps it was like one of those big animals Grimma had showed him in a book once . |
| 7 | It was very much a revenge match for White — Spijkers had beaten him for a bronze in the Seoul Olympics , though then White was injured . |
| 8 | Ukraine 's national poet voiced the robust verdict of an unforgiving nation : ‘ If only mother Ukraine had strangled him in the cradle . ’ |
| 9 | This propaganda role of the church was no mere cynical response to royal commands and requests ; many of the clergy were quite as deeply imbued with a sense of national self-righteousness as were substantial elements of the laity : Edward III later recalled that Archbishop Stratford had persuaded him of the need for such a war , though the king also told a tale of Stratford 's reluctance for war . |
| 10 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 11 | Therefore Sharpe must die , and if he was not to be killed in a duel , then he must be taken care of in another way and , in the darkness as Lord John had said his farewells , Jane had urged him to the other way . |
| 12 | Chopra had told him about the changes transforming the planet , but the shapechanger just smiled knowingly . |
| 13 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 14 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 15 | 780 Ealdhun also gave lands which Ecgberht had given him to the familia of Christ Church ( CS 293 : S 155 ; cf. , CS 319 , 320 : S 1259 and CS 332 : S 1264 ) . |
| 16 | Maud had put him into a small hotel near the street where he was born , telling him to absorb the atmosphere . |
| 17 | But as minister of finance under Zahedi he had become too well known for negotiating the new agreement with the oil companies , and so the Shah had exiled him to the Washington embassy . |
| 18 | The first reference is a friendly one : ‘ Lord Goodman had always been very generous with his legal advice to Labour MPs , including me , and Harold Wilson had used him for a number of assignments , including an exploratory visit with Sir Max Aitken to Ian Smith in August 1968 on the possibilities of a settlement . |
| 19 | At one level Jamaica had provided him with an intense visual experience . |
| 20 | When Pc Black had found him in the toilets he said he had temporarily removed his glasses to wipe them , and that a friend who was there had brought them to him at the police station . |
| 21 | Since Stephen had appointed him to the permanent position of maintenance manager , he was often out on the property . |
| 22 | It was the first time for a long while that Tommy had come into the dining rooms for his morning break and Carrie had spotted him from the window as he pulled up outside and climbed down wearily from his horsecart . |
| 23 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 24 | He did not fit the description of Jim Lancaster that Blanche had given him in the car that morning . |
| 25 | At the slow , jerking speed of city traffic at night , he drove toward the address that Ashdown had given him for the rendezvous . |
| 26 | In the process Kurt had graduated from business adviser to trusted friend ; Hugo had rewarded him with a fifteen per cent share of the business and never regretted it . |
| 27 | Fleury , of course , had no business being there at all , but Harry had sent him to the Residency with a message and while passing by he had found the defence so desperately hard pressed that he had forgotten all about Harry . |
| 28 | During his first week , Mrs Jordan had visited him with a homemade fruitcake . |
| 29 | Huy had grabbed him by the throat , lifted him from his seat , and slammed the back of his head against the wall with a force that cracked the plaster . |
| 30 | Lyall , who like the 42-year-old McGiven had his career cut short by injury at West Ham , groomed McGiven in the way that Ron Greenwood had groomed him on the coaching ladder . |