Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vet gave him a strong dose of painkiller , and after waiting in vain for a while to see if the pain eased , she decided to pop back into town to fetch an x-ray machine . |
| 2 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 3 | The referendum gave him a huge majority : 2773920 votes for and 2452 against the President . |
| 4 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |
| 5 | One set was all they needed from the match but coach Tommy Dowens admitted the defeat left him a little flat in spite of the fact his team clinched the title . |
| 6 | The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve , however , if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar . |
| 7 | The statute gives him no such say . |
| 8 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 9 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 10 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 11 | and er he would n't keep out , so , so in the end the caretaker got him a little chair |
| 12 | On 8 March 1991 the council sent him a standard form letter in terms reflecting those of sections 64 and 65 . |
| 13 | The guard found him an empty compartment and locked the door . |
| 14 | He was only eight when Bruce Lee , whose 1973 film Enter the Dragon made him an international star , died mysteriously aged 32 . |
| 15 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |
| 16 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |
| 17 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 18 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 19 | Perhaps his most inspired piece is the saga of Cosmo , the fairly accurate knife thrower , whose failure to see the point makes him the sharpest act in town . |
| 20 | He was a queer fish , but the town gave him a rough ride when they got the chance . ’ |
| 21 | The rain brings him an end-of-time vision , solitary as his sense of humour , of flooding cellars and emerging rats . |
| 22 | Gebrec smiled politely , but Melissa had the impression that the announcement gave him no particular pleasure . |
| 23 | The prince said he would do so only at the head of an army of 60,000 men ; the parlement pronounced him a contumacious vassal , and sentenced him to loss of the duchy . |
| 24 | The Duke gave him a quick , keen look . |
| 25 | The magistrate gives him a three-week remand in custody . |
| 26 | His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets . |
| 27 | The abbot gave him a long , penetrating look , and concluded at length : ‘ You are in solemn earnest . |
| 28 | Always placing one foot directly in front of the other gave him a slinking walk . |
| 29 | The Marshal gave him a funny look . |
| 30 | The count shot him a cold , hard look and then turned on his heel . |