Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got the porter to buy him aftershave , but they did n't sell his musky expensive brand in Perth so he had to make do with a cheaper one from the tourist shop . |
| 2 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 3 | That evening , Bunker phoned Peters at The Inn on the Park to tell him that he had called an emergency meeting of plant conveners to help resolve the Merseyside problem . |
| 4 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 5 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 6 | Mr Siddique said his members understood that Mr Rushdie was protected under British law , but said : ‘ I would welcome the opportunity to kill him myself if he was in an Islamic country . ’ |
| 7 | Along with a man called Renwick Dennison , they trailed Dale for days , but the opportunity to kill him never arose , said Mr Langdale . |
| 8 | You filthy stinking — ’ Several Repo Men took the opportunity to club him to his knees . |
| 9 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 10 | I also take the opportunity to inform him and the House that the people of Leicestershire have been shattered and appalled by the relevations of abuse in our children 's homes . |
| 11 | At the other end the Vice-President of the United States of America used language for several minutes that would have lost him the votes of the Moral Majority , had those good citizens had the opportunity to hear him . |
| 12 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 13 | And the moment he mentioned his stepmother she 'd be given the opportunity to tell him how very unhappy Bertha had become . |
| 14 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 15 | He was delighted to receive visitors but charged Mike £50 for the opportunity to photograph him . |
| 16 | When he became available the opportunity to sign him was too good to pass up . ’ |
| 17 | De Craon was sitting in a high-backed chair near the window , a small scroll of parchment on his lap , apparently waiting for the Prince to summon him to an audience . |
| 18 | But at the time he had no one with the expertise to guide him , and was very easily influenced by the persuasive arguments of the last person he spoke to on any given subject . |
| 19 | In the struggle to arrest him yesterday , two policemen were hurt and extra officers had to be called . |
| 20 | He could still recall the sodden weight of the man , hanging from the iron rings upon the outer wall — the struggle to haul him up — the rush of water spewed from the gaping mouth as they turned him over … . |
| 21 | Yet she had n't the heart to forbid him to smoke when he had so few comforts left . |
| 22 | Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat-soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . |
| 23 | But I have n't the heart to drive him back to the warren . |
| 24 | Sunil snored loudly and Amiss did n't have the heart to wake him . |
| 25 | ‘ But when I 'm already awake I do n't have the heart to wake him . ’ |
| 26 | Leila did n't have the heart to tell him she doubted whether there 'd be much opportunity for him ever to do that , at least while he was helping her with Ari . |
| 27 | History never had the heart to tell him that great keepers use both hands . |
| 28 | I did n't have the heart to tell him or Nicola that I was worried that Jo 's ‘ phone would be tapped . |
| 29 | He broke off , and looked suddenly so exhausted and worn that Leith just did n't have the heart to tell him what an offensive brute his cousin had been . |
| 30 | I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ? |