Example sentences of "[vb pp] him [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 2 | He indicated to Haussmann that the form of the railway station , a huge open space covered by glass , had impressed him as a possible model and as a result of the Emperor 's predilections , and Baltard 's skill , the great new market of Les Halles was built in a light , airy combination of iron , stone and glass . |
| 3 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 4 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 5 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 6 | After it had trapped him for the third time , he ordered all the cages to be thrown into the sea . |
| 7 | During his first week , Mrs Jordan had visited him with a homemade fruitcake . |
| 8 | ‘ The Soviets have now transferred him to a Labour Camp . ’ |
| 9 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 10 | Manuel had quietly melted away , perhaps to leave the stage clear for Andy , perhaps to grieve alone at the cruel injustice that had robbed him of the top prize . |
| 11 | His father had named him for the Mughal Babur , a conqueror , a hard drinking , hard riding Turk who loved poetry , laughter and gardens . |
| 12 | It was as if she had shot him with a tranquillising dart . |
| 13 | and as he 's done that the mates behind him have shot him with a real gun , his gone , his gone |
| 14 | He owed his life to Corbett who had saved him from a choking death at Tyburn , yet Corbett was still mysterious ; working constantly , his only pleasure being the flute , some manuscript or sitting quietly over a cup of wine brooding about life . |
| 15 | Whether or not she was saved , it was a fact that she had saved him from a bleak scepticism . |
| 16 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
| 17 | Her existence , he now realised , had implications far beyond her abrasive and insistent presence : it had tethered him to a distant shore . |
| 18 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 19 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 20 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 21 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 22 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 23 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 24 | I 've seen him in a proper leather jacket . |
| 25 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 26 | She had seen him in the little town so immersed in looking up at the old buildings , that he ran into a lamppost . |
| 27 | Luckily , though , his adventures had already turned him into a local hero , and his bosses were only too happy to allow him to devote as much time as he wanted to his art . |
| 28 | The huge international interest in Brightness which followed his escape to freedom in Turkish waters , has turned him into a valuable commodity . |
| 29 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 30 | Apparently Mr Baker had met him on a social occasion , and had been impressed by his traditionalist views . |