Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] him [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess the fans love him because 1 ) he 's a bloody good player — he proved that at Arse ; 2 ) they think he 's had a bit of a raw deal especially last year when he was n't played and the rest of the team wer n't exactly setting the Premiership on fire ! ! |
| 2 | Several of his contemporaries describe him as tender and gentle , modest , ‘ shy ’ even . |
| 3 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 4 | His contacts with the farming community convince him that such a universal scheme would command widespread support : ‘ I am equally convinced that the agencies responsible for the current array of schemes would welcome a coordinating initiative which would maximise their effectiveness and avoid the current duplication of effort and potential waste of public monies … |
| 5 | Nevertheless , Paisley was keen to establish a public distinction between these two roles , At an early election meeting in an Orange Hall in the Bannside constituency he arranged to have a friend ask him if Protestant Unionism was just Free Presbyterianism by another name . |
| 6 | Gatting 's Faisalabad outburst is interpreted with a certain amount of knowing understanding , but Lillee , the Chappells , Lloyd , Holding , Croft , Richards , Greig and Miandad join him and many others in a category which should be cringeing when thinking back on some of its unsavoury behaviour . |