Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he a [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career .
2 GUIL throws him a second coin . )
3 Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other .
4 I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance .
5 At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used .
6 At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown .
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