Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RSPCA took him on because his owners could n't afford the vet 's bill . |
| 2 | Instead his owner , 18-year-old Helen Woodruff from Walcot in Swindon , ignored advice to have him treated , and when the RSPCA found him 6 weeks later the wound was so swollen that Capri was in agony . |
| 3 | But when the RSPCA found him in January , he was in a starved condition , his ribs and hip bones showing through , and his back legs hardly able to support him . |
| 4 | When the RSPCA found him , he had to be destroyed . |
| 5 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 6 | Presentation Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the Temple to present him to God as required by Jewish law ( Exodus 13:1–16 ) . |
| 7 | A minority slice of the population loathed Livingstone with as much passion as the Right-Ons loved him . |
| 8 | He was an Apostle and a prizeman , though his zeal as president of the Union condemned him to a second in part ii ( 1904 ) after a first in part i ( 1902 ) of the classical tripos . |
| 9 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 10 | In return , the Daleks execute him . |
| 11 | But Edward was stunned last week to receive an abrupt letter from the DoE accusing him of ‘ damaging ’ their land and threatening to take him to court . |
| 12 | After his death , the Maori honoured him with a lying-in-state at Pipitea Marae , near Wellington Cathedral , and a karanga ( lament ) by two kuia ( older women ) who remained with the casket throughout the ceremonies . |
| 13 | Everyone from Sir Freddie Laker to the CAA warned him it was likely , and Branson had taken what measures he could to prevent it happening . |
| 14 | He subsequently received a personal letter from the A.O.C. congratulating him on his persistence in continuing to attack the bomber when under attack himself . |
| 15 | From that moment on , the Kremlin saw him as a ‘ realistic ’ politician — in other words , as one who urged the people to accept the invasion . |
| 16 | Some of his supporters on the Hill told him to press on further with deficit reduction while he had a fair wind . |
| 17 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
| 18 | The Archon ignored him . |
| 19 | The Archon ignored him , stood up and shouted at the disappearing figure . |
| 20 | The headlights of the Mercedes found him . |
| 21 | But Bill Alexander 's powerful new production of The Duchess of Malfi at The Swan treats him not as a lurid Jacobean sensationalist but as a sombre , death-haunted melancholic . |
| 22 | There was no reason for the driver of the Peugeot to copy him . |
| 23 | Colin was successful and the ANC advised him that the tour would proceed ’ . |
| 24 | They can execrate someone whom they decide is a useless clown and they do this by making him a Lord , giving him the chairmanship of a quango and telling the chaps at the Athenaeum to hand him non-executive directorships in 15 companies and a merchant bank . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The Connons saw him leap into his car like a Le Mans driver and accelerate explosively up the street . |
| 27 | ‘ To do strict justice , ’ said Isambard equably , ‘ John the Fletcher provided him his death , and Benedetta procured him to do it . |
| 28 | He persuaded the CPP to nominate him as one of the two candidates for the Accra double-member constituency . |
| 29 | Waring was a member of the crowd and alleged that the Constable struck him , and when he refused his name and address , took him into custody on a charge of obstructing the traffic . |
| 30 | When the Russkies dig him out of the snow tomorrow he 'll say he knows nothing about our operations in Helsinki and I 'm going to make sure he 's not lying . |