Example sentences of "had a [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you had a chance to meet him in his house with his guests , he was a most charming and intelligent man . |
| 2 | He had a council to advise him on these policy decisions , and he and his council recognized the great similarity between the powers of the assembly and those of the House of Commons in passing laws and imposing new taxes . |
| 3 | Before long the sweater was finished and the various parts stitched together with her usual professional finish , ready to post off to Penry next day to make certain he had a keepsake to remind him of his castaway . |
| 4 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 5 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |