Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straightaway , he made a niche for himself as our left-back , and his fearless diving headers made him a tremendous favourite with the Palace fans , who dubbed him ‘ Chopper ’ in recognition of his decisive interceptions with his unruly fair hair . |
| 2 | Quite different from her brother , who was slim where she was rotund , and whose dark hair lent him a certain swarthy , though boyish , kind of good looks . |
| 3 | The Mirror titles made him a Fleet Street figure to match his other interests . |
| 4 | He told Johnson that Warburton ( the combative English divine and man of letters , whose generally controversial national presence made him a common topic of Johnsonian conversation ) had a close relationship with an unnamed ‘ eminent printer ’ . |
| 5 | If his fragile skills made him a figure of immense vulnerability on the pitch , then off the pitch , in the press and in the corridors of football power , Jinky was hacked to bits and fullbacks were rarely to blame . |
| 6 | He succeeds in the game and the goldfish offers him a prize . |
| 7 | Nicoll appointed him a fellow of the Shakespeare Institute in 1953 . |
| 8 | Michael 's younger sister found him a fidget in church and thought it was fidgeting to excess . |
| 9 | To do that , on May 18th the prime minister , Leonid Kuchma , asked parliament to grant him a range of extraordinary powers : to rule the economy by decree , control the central bank and the state privatisation body and have jurisdiction over the president 's satraps in the regions . |
| 10 | Colin phoned him up , and er , it it he mentioned , how he was starting up , and he said he might be interested , anyway Colin phoned him a couple of weeks ago to see if he was still interested in . |
| 11 | The present writer owes him a particularly deep debt of gratitude . |
| 12 | Densil 's mum let him a room . |
| 13 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 14 | Arnold was of Tom Arnold 's circus , and his post as the vice-chairman of the party in charge of candidates made him a target of all those who were eager to stand for Parliament . |
| 15 | The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve , however , if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar . |
| 16 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 17 | For this , Italian fanzines make him a perfect Italian boy ( ‘ Mamma is my true sweetheart ’ — Max Magazine ) . |
| 18 | ‘ He gave me twelve months to find him a bigger place , ’ recalled Thomas . |
| 19 | It took the bank almost two months to write him a curt letter saying it was not interested . |
| 20 | ‘ Pete 's brother-in-law built him a massive speaker cabinet with 12 speakers in it . |
| 21 | Very few people took Gedge 's humour the wrong way , but on one of those occasions an NME reviewer labelled him a ‘ gawky , arrogant mighty mouth . ’ |
| 22 | Shiona darted him a quick look , her heart still pounding . |
| 23 | The prospect of his giving a dinner party for the Bishop of Medewich and the Earl of Medewich and Markham afforded him a very straightforward pleasure . |
| 24 | yeah and er , the , the programme condemned him a bit , basically he he did n't , there was , there was , he did n't seemed to take in a lo , a whole lot evidence from either side , you know , he did , he did , he did n't seemed to handle the case very well , it was sort of more like it just get it over with quickly and forget it sort of thing . |
| 25 | ‘ Far from it ! ’ she said thickly , but her racing pulses told him a different story , and she knew her desire for him was growing stronger with each moment they spent together . |
| 26 | Shiona threw him a hard look . |
| 27 | Shiona threw him a harsh look as , shrugging off his hand , she climbed into the passenger seat . |
| 28 | His Etonian vowels give him a peculiar aural resemblance to Brian Johnston of Test Match Special ( imagine Johnners talking about what an axe can do to the flesh and you will have some idea of just how disorienting this is ) . |
| 29 | Charlie 's hearing was fully restored a week later and a smile appeared on his lips for the first time when he saw Grace standing by his side pouring him a cup of tea . |
| 30 | Leonard Smithers paid him a salary for producing translations . |