Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [vb pp] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvie had told him with a dreamy insouciance that Katherine was away in Boston , staying with a charming man called Thomas Sachs . |
| 2 | Or perhaps it was like one of those big animals Grimma had showed him in a book once . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Maud had put him into a small hotel near the street where he was born , telling him to absorb the atmosphere . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | During his first week , Mrs Jordan had visited him with a homemade fruitcake . |
| 9 | He did not write well because he had learned his letters late in life and , though Lucille had made him into a much better reader , he was still clumsy with a pen or pencil . |
| 10 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
| 11 | Kate had followed him into a big sitting-room , plain , almost spartan in its simplicity . |
| 12 | ON THE morning of May 11th , John Patten , the education secretary , was said to be ‘ incandescent ’ at reports that John Major had bounced him into a climbdown on his plan for school tests for children aged seven and 14 . |
| 13 | Town rallied and had a good effort from Kenny Campbell , well saved by keeper , Andy Hopping , after Roger Charles had found him with a great cross , but Harefield went in at half time with a deserved one nil lead . |
| 14 | When Sophie had joined him in a waltz … |
| 15 | They missed out on Shearer , who joined Kenny Dalglish at Ewood Park after Ferguson had tracked him for a year . |
| 16 | George Birkitt was looking distinctly peeved , aware that Michael Banks had upstaged him in a way that was quite unanswerable . |
| 17 | Hauser had struck him as a man who moved with great caution . |
| 18 | ‘ Feeling ill , poor darling , ’ Ian had told him with a hint of malice underlying his display of concern . |
| 19 | Apparently Mr Baker had met him on a social occasion , and had been impressed by his traditionalist views . |
| 20 | Margot Iverson had struck him as a very controlled woman . |
| 21 | Times have certainly changed , he thought , admiring a small rose quartz snuff bottle Douglas had handed him from a cabinet to one side of the study . |
| 22 | Kurt Nicoll ignored medical advice not to ride after a practice crash on the factory KTM had left him with a rib injury . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne had met him at a party ; he had long been settled in England , and he had been impressed and amused by her fiery conversation and her obvious intelligence . |
| 24 | Chris had reconstructed him as a man . |
| 25 | He gestured across the lawn that ran down to a stream and then up again to his own cottage , which Thomas had given him as a wedding present . |
| 26 | According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest . |
| 27 | He fought against the sensation that Molland had strapped him on a sort of conveyor belt in a factory that processed death . |
| 28 | The great painter Albrecht Dürer rejoiced that Luther had delivered him from a ‘ terrible distress , ’ from bondage to rituals that the Catholic clergy prescribed as necessary for salvation . |