Example sentences of "[vb infin] he [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , his victory last season with Ten Plus when there were only four runners , convinced me his chaser would win him another Gold Cup , a race he must have won had he not fallen at that fatal third fence from home . |
| 2 | Because your £6 helps buy him protective clothing and helps us provide him with the best equipped boats . |
| 3 | Because your £6 helps buy him protective clothing and helps us provide him with the best equipped boats . |
| 4 | ‘ That depends how you mean ‘ thaw ’ , ’ she conceded coolly , ‘ Frankly I would n't trust him one inch . |
| 5 | The Anglo-American conglomerate that went public in 1964 romped in with results that should guarantee him another bumper pay packet . |
| 6 | But he is betting that the Department of Health will not prosecute him this time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll audition him any time ! ’ |
| 8 | I would cheat him that way . |
| 9 | ‘ Less than a minute ahead , ’ he muttered ‘ With any luck , I should overtake him this time . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll beat him any day . |
| 11 | Mark James , Jim Payne , David Gilford and Paul Broadhurst think they can beat him this week as does Gordon Brand jun who was joint second with Ireland 's David Faherty in Valencia . |
| 12 | ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge . |
| 13 | and what 's , Richard 's been , did you give him that duster ? |
| 14 | so if you wanted to go see if you change William 's thing to the colour I want and if they had , he said he thought the shirt that the guy got with it matched it better than the smaller check , so do you wan na give him that check shirt that I bought him ? |
| 15 | She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely . |
| 16 | But she would n't give him that satisfaction . |
| 17 | And I think if if people like Thomson can sort of give him that sort of service he 's going to make life awfully difficult for the Forest de central defence . |
| 18 | Err , let's give him one pound , no , thirty pound . |
| 19 | It would give him great pleasure to write a large cheque for something special for Rose 's birthday — a particularly splendid piece of jewellery , perhaps — but he could n't . |
| 20 | The matter gave him enormous regret , no doubt an unhappy situation whose solution lay in the lap of the all-merciful Allah ; nothing would give him greater pleasure than to return to Mr Laing his passport , which he had taken into nightly safekeeping only at the specific request of Mr Pyle . |
| 21 | Mortified , inwardly seething with fury at this last suggestion , Caroline had endured Roman 's taunting smile as he 'd wryly assured his hostess that nothing would give him greater pleasure … |
| 22 | Buckley 's Grimsby Town have won five and drawn one of their last six to ease within sight of the famous names at the top — and nothing would give him greater satisfaction than to leave them behind at the end of the season . |
| 23 | She did , however , give him occasional cause for jealousy : a lover 's tiff nearly broke their engagement when Constanze indiscreetly confessed that during a game she had let another young man measure her calves . |
| 24 | Churlish indeed the man who wishes his neighbour a Merry Christmas but does not give him tangible proof of this to put on his mantlepiece . |
| 25 | Victory would give him 314,328 cup points . |
| 26 | Victory would give him 314,328 cup points . |
| 27 | The solicitor said of the award : ‘ It 's a reasonable figure which will give him satisfactory compensation for a very serious road accident . ’ |
| 28 | This echoes the statement in their second encounter that he , Porfiry , has no intention of making an immediate arrest because by doing so he would give the murderer somebody to be : ‘ I 'd give him , so to say , a definite position , I 'd give him psychological definition and peace . ’ |
| 29 | She said he 's hoping they 're gon na give him full employment . |
| 30 | It did in fact run out , and still Anselm had not received the pallium which would give him full authority as archbishop . |