Example sentences of "[verb] to him [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't as if she was attracted to him as an individual . |
| 2 | He did talk about his time as the Dauphin in a way that made people fairly sure that if the Stratford management had come to him with an offer , he would have grabbed it . |
| 3 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 4 | After the event , 239 of the Earl 's friends subscribed towards a trophy to be presented to him as an expression of their gratitude and to commemorate the Tournament . |
| 5 | The thought came to him in an instant as he stood , hesitating over whether to join the fight . |
| 6 | If land is given to an infant by will or conveyed to him on an intestacy the legal estate vests in the representatives of the deceased who hold it in trust for the infant . |
| 7 | The producer turned to him with an apologetic smile , his voice injected with what the sergeant considered a theatrical dose of concern . |
| 8 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 9 | On 30 August , Amery was saying how glad he was that Hailsham was outside the government ; ‘ I can look to him as an ally in helping to bring the thing to a conclusion reasonably soon . ’ |
| 10 | FISA president Max Mosley told a news conference that the French Formula One driver would not be disciplined for highly critical remarks about FISA officials attributed to him in an interview with a French magazine . |
| 11 | One night just off the M6 in Cheshire , Thor rewarded all the training , attention and love shown to him with an avalanche of devotion and courage . |
| 12 | Australia beckoned to him like an uncut diamond . |
| 13 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 14 | Doyle 's attention was drawn by a youth , wearing suit and bow-tie , who called to him from an empty table . |
| 15 | This was a tip given to him by an extremely well-known Test player . |
| 16 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |
| 17 | He — I must cease to refer to him as an it-he let go of me , and I managed to remain standing in his dreadful presence . |
| 18 | The gentleman , however , being a diplomat , spoke to him as an equal . |
| 19 | A Christmas card sent to him by an AI member in Switzerland had been returned marked ‘ Consigned is free ’ . |
| 20 | Students who come to him after an hour or more of reception learning may be more ready to take an active part than students who have already spent most of the morning burrowing in the library or measuring the school buildings . |