Example sentences of "has [vb pp] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In America , where they have a fondness for creating lists of the greatest ever people , his Plight of English has placed him among the very top writers on the English language .
2 One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman .
3 The huge international interest in Brightness which followed his escape to freedom in Turkish waters , has turned him into a valuable commodity .
4 It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness .
5 He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead .
6 Although he left no explicit statement of belief , recent scholarship has shown him as a consistent sponsor of reform , both in his local activities and as an intermediary between suitors and the Crown .
7 The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market .
8 ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’
9 But she has lured him into a giant press , through which she has crawled , and is just able to throw the switch .
10 The official receiver or whoever is the chairman of the meeting must certify the appointment of the trustee , but not until the per son appointed has provided him with a written statement that he is a qualified insolvency practitioner and consents to act ( r 6.120(2) ) .
11 A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) .
12 For one thing , his obsession with tactics has led him into an absurd devaluation of the merits and achievements of Peter Beardsley .
13 It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last .
14 His research has taken him through the alpine and arid zones of Australia ; botanical history is one of his many interests , and he specialises in the ‘ Compositae ’ family .
15 His American tour kicked off on day one at the Tournament of Champions in Southern California and has taken him to the two major Pro-Ams — the Bob Hope and the Crosby ( aforementioned Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ) — a trio of Florida events — Doral , the Honda Classic and the Players ' Championship — as well as The Masters , the Colonial , the Memorial , the season-ending Nabisco Championship and a slew of less-hallowed events in between .
16 Nicholson 's new boy Adrian Maguire has thirty four winners already … but a double from Richard Dunwoody has taken him into the twenties
17 THE BUCK STOPS HERE : Trevor McDonald 's distinguished career has taken him from a poor , but loving , childhood in Trinidad to being ITN 's first solo anchorman Picture : BILL KENNEDY
18 Peter says that the weekend has left him with a lasting impression of the professionalism of the TA .
19 For Wesker , the fortunes of Shylock have been all too typical of a career plagued by bad luck which has left him with a sizeable canon of rarely performed work .
20 He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her .
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