Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So his political background and other skills made him the logical candidate ’ . |
| 2 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 3 | The red-and-white skull-cap above the monkey eyes gave him the air of a performing chimpanzee . |
| 4 | He wore no tie , but the effect of his neat sleeked-back hair and thick-framed spectacles gave him the look of a rather stern and learned professor . |
| 5 | Story-tellers gave him the title The Blessed , in reference to his many artistic talents , for Bran was a gifted harpist and poet . |
| 6 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 7 | His initial promise in sports gained him the tag of ‘ the runner ’ which he despised : ‘ So , I thought : I 'll try to be academic and good at sports as well . ’ |
| 8 | His quaint commentaries made him the voice of the modern game , providing stark contrast to the loud-mouthed antics of some superbrat players . |
| 9 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 10 | Born Alfredo James Pacino he is still haunted by memories of growing up on the mean streets of New York 's South Bronx where his street gang pals called him The Actor . |
| 11 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 12 | He became recognised as one of the most accomplished half-backs in the Division and his displays won him the approval of the fans on many grounds besides our own . |
| 13 | On top of that , scoring the third in the 3–1 win over the Sky Blues made him the youngest scorer of a First Division goal . |
| 14 | Jamie Spence 's win in the Canon European Masters made him the sixth first-time winner on this season 's Volvo Tour . |
| 15 | The distant klaxons told him the whole camp was being mobilized . |
| 16 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 17 | Lesley Robertson , 18 , from Aberdeen , took the overall women 's championship , while Graham Bell 's consistent results in all four disciplines gave him the Victor Ludorum title . |
| 18 | Charlemagne 's order of the beheading of 4,500 bound prisoners earned him the Saxons bitter hatred for many years . |
| 19 | The golden touch : Australian lock John Eales — whose domination of the line-outs earned him the Man of the Series award — steals a march on Doddie Weir as Willie Ofahengaue lends him a helping hand … |
| 20 | He tearfully said he only wanted to give the innocent insurance agent a ‘ headache ’ and wept so much in court that police branded him the ‘ cry-baby killer ’ . |
| 21 | Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog . |
| 22 | The Russians denied him the decisive pitched battle on which he had counted . |
| 23 | His Italian background and film-star looks made him the appear like an Al Pacino character or the Sicilian reincarnation of a Scottish footballer . |
| 24 | They arrived late at night at the colliery house where Patterson 's parents lived , put up at a nearby hotel and the next day toured the working-men 's clubs before attending the wedding where Norman 's good looks made him the talk of all the women present . |
| 25 | Some Ministers told him the switch should be to income tax ; others , including Kenneth Baker , the home secretary , suggested VAT . |
| 26 | In the conventional male mode , Kiefer conjured an opposing ‘ other ’ in order to define his ‘ self ’ , and women offered him the most adaptable image repertory for his needs ) . |
| 27 | The letters gave him the chance of ‘ discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar and imitated in fairly cold blood . ’ |
| 28 | The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win . |
| 29 | He had been dropped off a hard chance when just twelve were needed , but went on to hit the winning four off Botham , and his eight wickets and two useful knocks earned him the Man of the Match award . |
| 30 | The National Union of Mineworkers and the oil sheikhs denied him the title . |