Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to compare him with a footballing genius , putting through passes others are too slow to take , and making moves that would be brilliant if only the rules were different . |
| 2 | The tunes played by the 25-year-old former London College of Music student have become a feature at the club this season and the Crewe directors intend to reward him with a free season ticket . |
| 3 | Knowing that this particular subordinate is sensitive to criticism , you decide to reprimand him in the open-plan office where many of his colleagues at neighbouring desks will hear what is going on . |
| 4 | Turn to face him in a balanced stance |
| 5 | However hard we try to make him into a literary archetype he remains firmly rooted in life , in nonliterary experience . |
| 6 | Lovat was used to cringing servility , and he could n't remember when anyone had last disagreed with him , never mind treating him to a scalding tirade of abuse . |
| 7 | When you 're bored bored at other times , let's put it that way if he starts doing any bio-chemistry at all start as , start asking him about the proper names of the systematic names of things and you watch him bristle ! |
| 8 | And the first step is to stop treating him like a tube of toothpaste — something you can squeeze the contents out of whenever it suits you — and start appreciating him for the easy-going patient guy he obviously is . |
| 9 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 've seen him in a proper leather jacket . |
| 12 | And then you 've got him on the right hand side look making cheese , this is brother again , that 's not brother . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've relieved him of the financial burden , but we both share the interest of the place . ’ |
| 14 | Billy 's been brilliant because we 've had him on an album-by-album deal , and he could have jumped ship , but he 's been really loyal . ’ |
| 15 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 17 | But do n't worry : I 've put him on a separate floor . ’ |
| 18 | They 've put him on the top floor like the other ones we 've had . ’ |
| 19 | Warne 's exploits in the Old Trafford Test , when he grabbed eight wickets , have catapulted him into the Top 10 of the Coopers and Lybrand Ratings , where he is within sight of another Aussie scourge of England , absent medium-fast bowler Bruce Reid . |
| 20 | ‘ Our people have met him in the social life of the arts world . |
| 21 | and as he 's done that the mates behind him have shot him with a real gun , his gone , his gone |
| 22 | Bonar Law has usually received a bad press from historians , who have portrayed him as a hard , dour , humourless fanatic . |
| 23 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 24 | I have provided him with an adjustable heartbeat of around 100 . ’ |
| 25 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 26 | Many of Voight 's films have cast him as a none-too-bright but likeable hunk . |
| 27 | His early days underground working alongside miners on the coal-face have imbued him with a special rapport with the thousands of miners he now oversees as chairman of British Coal . |
| 28 | I have dedicated him to the blessed St John the Baptist and had him circumcised . ’ |
| 29 | I have described him as a literary concept and this , as applied to a man in a dirty trench-coat moving in and out of sleazy beds and corrupt gambling dens , may seem to be rather excessive . |
| 30 | Smith had Picnic 's full co-operation when winning last week 's leading showjumper of the year title at Wembley , making a timely impression on the selectors who have chosen him for the British team . |