Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh you should 've heard him other day , all Parker pens that are in this house are his he says |
| 2 | Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career . |
| 3 | The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay . |
| 4 | Les Ferdinand , England 's most recent recruit , showed why Graham Taylor has given him international recognition with a stunning first-half display of power and pace . |
| 5 | He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern . |
| 6 | He can not see why cash which has earned him monthly interest running into five figures should be squandered for the sake of a perceived way of life that is now beset by escalating economic and political pressure . |
| 7 | The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God . |
| 8 | There was a time when he was forced to publish his own works , but now Arthur Barker has done him proud with Rugby League : An Illustrated History . |
| 9 | ‘ Playing and working outside , and eating good Yorkshire food , has made him strong . |
| 10 | And Sister Souljah has got him worried . |
| 11 | But history has proved him correct in his belief that the problem of bureaucratic power could only be solved by a transformation of the class structure in which administration is carried on . |
| 12 | Whilst initially not as financially rewarding , the change in direction has brought him increasing recognition . |
| 13 | ‘ The grounds for making action by a building society or associated body subject to investigation under the scheme must be that the action constitutes — ( a ) in the case of a building society , a breach of the society 's obligations under this Act , the rules or any other contract , or ( b ) in the case of an associated body , a breach of the associated body 's obligations under its rules ( if any ) or any contract , or ( c ) unfair treatment , or ( d ) maladministration , in relation to the complainant and has caused him pecuniary loss or expense or inconvenience . |
| 14 | The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’ |
| 15 | Experts remain divided on the question of Dr Proctor 's state of mind during the period when he is confirmed to have been responsible for seven hundred and fifty-three homicides , but the Supreme Court has ruled him insane and irresponsible . |
| 16 | He says his pay-off has left him comfortable , although he will eventually want to find a new career , possibly even returning to journalism . |
| 17 | Parents and doctors want to switch off the system which has kept him alive since the 1989 , but fear the legal implications . |
| 18 | She 'd caught him off-guard again , because this was n't what he was expecting . |
| 19 | Now she 'd made him angry again . |
| 20 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 21 | And his face was lined , though at first she 'd thought him young . |
| 22 | I 'd called him Chinless Wonder on the same basis that regular enlisted men in the Army call Sandhurst graduates ‘ Ruperts ’ . |
| 23 | There she 'd found him alone — pretending to have forgotten it was Christmas — all the rest of the family having tactfully cried off . |
| 24 | Unless they 'd taken him captive . |
| 25 | They 'd kept him awake for many an hour prior to an op . |
| 26 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 27 | Her baby 's father was quite a bit older than she , twenty-six , and wanted her to have the baby because he thought that having mumps had made him sterile . |
| 28 | This must have given him great satisfaction for he used to refer to himself " as one who has been admitted a member of the great family of the deaf " , and described this family as " my people " . |
| 29 | warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul |
| 30 | Evidence at the coroner 's court should have given him little confidence in the outcome , but events took an upward turn when Marion Lindo stepped into the witness box . |