Example sentences of "[that] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He employed the wry , self-deprecation that made him a refreshing presence on the campaign trail . |
| 2 | The child might never have known his or her grandfather nor seen the small piece of land that made him a landlord , yet the child remained stubbornly a landlord in official eyes decades after land reform . |
| 3 | Peter Powell 's adventures with kites had already put him into the headlines when he ‘ flew ’ his grandmother , long before he perfected the diamond-shaped stunter that made him a worldwide name from 1974 . |
| 4 | There have been many doubts that Gazza could n't make a come-back at club level or even contemplate straddling the international scene again with the outrageous talent that made him a folk hero . |
| 5 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 6 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 7 | If , however , Shakespeare did actually exist , then he must have possessed certain attributes that made him the kind of existent he was , even though no attributes that he may have had would have been sufficient to individuate him in a metaphysical sense . |
| 8 | It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was . |
| 9 | Harry felt in his blood with what calming delight and fulfilment his enemy would embrace the lie that made him the victor . |
| 10 | It was that experience , allied to his next job as arts minister , that made him an obvious choice to become Major 's first Heritage Secretary . |
| 11 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 12 | There was something raw about him ; his body sweated to its essence , his face betraying a hunger behind its symmetry that lent him a bedevilled look . |
| 13 | Advent signals values : that God loved us so much that he was willing to enter upon an adventure that cost him the death of his Son . |
| 14 | A series of injuries slowed his progress but ultimately , it was attitude that cost him the chance of blossoming into a great player . |
| 15 | Then I saw the spare figure of Captain Robins walking towards me , bag in hand : even on land after such a short voyage he had the kind of rolling gait that proclaimed him a man of the sea . |
| 16 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 17 | Sugar have provided the right vehicle for Mould to tether his current world-view to , providing ( with Mould 's guitar and the tightness of the rhythm section ) a set of beautifully hard-knuckled rock arrangements that give him the clout he needs to reinforce the feeling inherent in his vocals . |
| 18 | During Worswick 's time there , Harwell — as part of the AEA — made the transition to a trading fund ( effectively a nationalised company rather than a government department ) , an experience that taught him a great deal about finance . |
| 19 | Isambard , putting the door to very softly behind him , was stabbed by yet another of the recollections that fronted him every way where Harry was . |
| 20 | Finally in eighteen thirty , there was yet another revolution in France , and that brought him a a ray of hope . |
| 21 | It 's also good I think for , for cricket in general that he 's got a pitch that helps him a bit on the fifth day and that 's how it should be . |
| 22 | His arm lay against his side like another body , his but not his , a throbbing strangeness grotesquely large , a companion to his every movement and one that gave him no peace . |
| 23 | He had heavy grey-flecked eyebrows that gave him a wise demeanour and looked on religion the way some men looked on marriage : as a necessary part of life . |
| 24 | Then , at a stroke , something happened that gave him a powerful sense of purpose . |
| 25 | Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go . |
| 26 | But World War I gave him the chance to stand on internationalist ground with an uncompromising fervour and personal courage that gave him a status denied to most of the others , whose work lay in the factories and in the shop stewards ' movement . |
| 27 | I would put vodka in his beer , and that gave him a very grumpy constitution after lunch- and he would start shouting back at Winner . |
| 28 | DURHAM DALES Mr Tony Blair , who would almost certainly have been in Mr Kinnock 's cabinet , won Sedgefield with 1.71pc swing that gave him a increased majority of 14,859 . |
| 29 | Leading Scot was Adam Hunter after a 72 for 291 that gave him a share of 13th place and a cheque for £5,783 . |
| 30 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |