Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had felt she 'd die rather than give him the satisfaction , but now she 'd have to be clever , for by implication she had denigrated his power and his commitment to protect her . |
| 2 | Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence . |
| 3 | Worse than calling him a Jew , |
| 4 | Once in the Essoldo Cinema a lad had moved away when he 'd done no more than offer him a piece of chocolate in the darkness . |
| 5 | She looked across at him as if giving him a final appraisal and checking for further clues in his face , in his clothes . |
| 6 | Fleury faltered backwards as the sepoy advanced , still making as if to offer him the sabre . |
| 7 | Paul opens the door , to be confronted by a bespectacled American doing a poor impersonation of Chuck D. Four Eyes is pursing his lips , pointing a finger at Merton while offering him a mock high five . |
| 8 | The Encomiast alleges that Swegen Forkbeard took his elder son Cnut on the conquest of England , leaving Harald , the younger , in Denmark , and that after Swegen 's death Cnut returned and asked Harald to divide it between them , while offering him the eventual choice of Denmark or England if he would assist in subjugating the latter ; but Harald refused both requests and , after jointly bringing their mother back from among the Slavs , Cnut sailed for England alone . |
| 9 | Then I 'll decide whether to post him the last reels of film in a Jiffy bag or fly back to London with them myself . |
| 10 | A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse . |
| 11 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |
| 12 | I am sorry to disturb you , but Detective Chief Superintendent Milton has asked me to tell you , Mr Fishbane , that he would be grateful if you would be so kind as to spare him a little of your time . |
| 13 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 14 | His left hand , bent with arthritis , curved over a stick on which he leant so heavily as to give him the appearance of physical deformity . |
| 15 | If the sender is traceable , probably the most sensible thing to do is to notify him that the goods are at his risk and to request him to fetch them ; and if ( as is likely with perishables ) the goods become a nuisance , the recipient would surely be justified in abating the nuisance by destroying them , even without notice to the sender , if the emergency were so pressing as to leave him no time to give it . |
| 16 | When there is a stay or a suspension of execution , he can not rely on the order for possession as giving him a right to possession . |
| 17 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |
| 18 | And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer . |
| 19 | It would appear that the pretrial investigation determined the accused 's fate without as much as affording him a right of effective participation in the process . |
| 20 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 21 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 22 | aspects of an individual which we designate as making him an author are only a projection , in more or less psychologising terms , of the operations that we force texts to undergo , the connections that we make , the traits that we establish as pertinent , the continuities that we recognise , or the exclusions that we practice . |