Example sentences of "a [noun sg] had [vb pp] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help . |
| 2 | His killer , a 16-year-old hired assassin who was wounded and captured , later claimed that a stranger had provided him with a submachine gun and directed him to kill the UP leader . |
| 3 | He underwent a similar experience after a teacher had taken him to North London AC in his first year of secondary school . |
| 4 | Such a nature had carried him into his tortuous business of ruling , where he had found himself responsible for people who owned neither ships nor battle-gear , nor skill , nor health , nor ability . |
| 5 | Recently he was called up by the Customs and Excise about 20 videos ( mostly tapes from TV ) a friend had sent him from America . |
| 6 | A kid had led him into trouble . |
| 7 | At the very end of his lite , writing again of the importance of how his experience as a homosexual had pushed him along the path of revolt , and recalling joyfully one of his lovers , Mala , Gide adds : |