Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 2 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 3 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 4 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 5 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 6 | Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler . |
| 7 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |
| 8 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 9 | But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position . |
| 10 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room . |
| 12 | Of all the people in the world to expose her seething mass of fears and insecurities to , Guy Sterne would have been her last choice … yet she 'd told him about Mortimer , she 'd carelessly made him a gift of her virginity , she 'd wildly announced she loved him , and now she was baring her soul over the painful anguish of her mother 's death … |
| 13 | He 'd show her , and even if she did n't appreciate the work it would perhaps give him a moment to think , to recover his poise . |
| 14 | Only cost him a couple of quid . ’ |
| 15 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 16 | Also , he is one of the best man-man markers Ive seen … basically give him a job and he 'll do it . |
| 17 | Wallace and Deane look like the ideal combination as once they start passing to wallace it makes space for deane to also run into space so give HIM the variety too . |
| 18 | The bridge party duly clubbed together to buy him a dinner jacket . |
| 19 | When the householders learned that the completion of the contract marked the start of Ron 's retirement after 35 years , they clubbed together to buy him a carriage clock and bottle of whisky as a thank you gift to remember them by . |
| 20 | The owner of one of the most spiritual voices in music , he 's seen success beckon before only to give him the finger once he started to trust . |
| 21 | She fell over herself in a spasm of new gratitude , only to give him an earful because he would n't bring his own tea in and talk to her . |
| 22 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 23 | His family knew nothing of education and so gave him no support or encouragement , still less active aid . |
| 24 | Garway 's resistance to exclusion perhaps earned him the respect of the government of James II . |
| 25 | Mr Silvers , however , had remembered the significance the visit would have for my father , and had thus called him in to offer him the option of taking several days ' leave for the duration of the General 's stay . |
| 26 | Maybe he just did n't think when they showed him it , that it was n't the right one cos I suppose if you 've seen them every day you do n't , it does n't register it 's just the fact that of course your dad only gave him the price of the blue and white |
| 27 | The growled admission obviously gave him no pleasure , and Gina decided it wiser not to point out that in fact he had n't recalled his generosity until she had prompted his memory ! |
| 28 | Steve Smith , the 19-year-old Liverpool high jumper , smashed his British and Commonwealth indoor record with 2.37m , but it was only enough to earn him the bronze . |
| 29 | The plaited bamboo walls curled tightly round a stout frame of beech poles , cut and stripped by Rima with the big bush knife he had brought up from the trade-store when Joseph had run down to tell him the news . |
| 30 | Rhodes was not overawed by the bowling during the World Cup , feeling ‘ comfortable ’ against Curtly Ambrose and the other West Indians , but he appreciates the difference between one-day cricket and Test cricket and knows that his record of just two centuries in 40 first-class games is not enough to guarantee him a place in the Test side . |