Example sentences of "him [prep] a [noun] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
| 2 | Tchaikovsky wrote The Seasons for the monthly journal Nuvellist , whose editor had the bright idea of commissioning 12 pieces from him for a year 's issues , each of them to depict some aspect of the month in question . |
| 3 | They kept in touch and then , last March , Jakki took up Jim 's invitation to visit him for a week 's holiday . |
| 4 | And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 5 | ‘ And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 6 | It becomes less important to Picasso later on but it is something which is constant for Matisse and it has always been recognised by critics who have described him as a painter 's painter . |
| 7 | This was good news , as I had met him after a children 's charity evening and had found him shy , attractive and funny . |
| 8 | There on the television monitors was a body lying alone in the middle of the track with his seat still strapped to him like a pilot 's parachute pack . |
| 9 | He then passed quickly through the crowd , eyes studiously on the ground , black gown folded round him like a rook 's wings . |
| 10 | She then stabbed him with a butcher 's knife hidden in the bouquet . |
| 11 | We had to do this because some chucklehead had provided him with a typist 's chair on castors and every time the truck turned left he did a circuit of the flat-back , sending everybody else flying . |
| 12 | Valerie looked cautiously round , then , lowering her voice , said : ‘ Weeks ago our little kitten ran into the wood , and she caught him and turned him into a witch 's cat . ’ |
| 13 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |
| 14 | All the time Wyn lived next to him in a nurses ' home , helping every day on the long haul to some form of recovery . |
| 15 | He said to go away and come back and see him in a year 's time . ’ |
| 16 | It was n't fair to leave him in a fool 's paradise , and for her own peace of mind she wanted to have everything settled . |
| 17 | Take him to a dog 's home , shoot him ? |
| 18 | Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month 's leave . |
| 19 | The difference with this baby is that he himself has selected the time at which he will display the pattern , rather than having it imposed on him by a mother 's pattern of giving care . |