Example sentences of "in the [noun] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages . |
| 2 | In March this year the film industry in the USA awarded him a special Oscar for his outstanding contribution to world cinema . |
| 3 | Instead a blunder in the opening left him a pawn down , on the verge of defeat . |
| 4 | A Scottish indoor record of 3min 57.57sec for the mile and a 1,500m in 3:40.7 as well as several fine competitive performances in the US gave him the right racing background and confidence to tackle Toronto . |
| 5 | We in the North owe him a considerable debt for the enthusiasm and perception he has shown in building up the schools ' collection of works of art now owned by the County Council . |
| 6 | The intensely provincial , Catholic and Nationalist environment within which the DHAC operated was not conducive to its kind of class-based , quasi-Marxist political rhetoric which would , ten years earlier , probably have unleashed a backlash that it would have found difficult to survive ; even the mild leftism of Stephen McGonagle had in the past made him an object of suspicion among Derry Catholics . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We put him back in the sling-hammock to give him a chance to heal . |
| 9 | Two other roles secured in that year , 1960 , held better promise but in the end brought him no further progression in his career . |
| 10 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 11 | A path is now being beaten to the door of McGrain , who could not convince anybody in the game to give him a job in management for five years after he left Celtic . |