Example sentences of "[verb] him [art] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Activity in these roles absorbs most of his time and energy : it will win him the popularity essential to his reelection . |
| 2 | He said hello , so I thought I 'd give him a try first . |
| 3 | He will be anxious to retain your custom so you might give him a try first . |
| 4 | Oh I 'll give him a cheque some time this week . |
| 5 | The trip to USA will give him a bit more confidence — and hopefully a bit more resolve to show his stuf in training . |
| 6 | I 'm doing that talking to you look for Jim Bowen 's mobile phone number so I thought we 'd give him a ring that 'll surprise him wont it ? |
| 7 | The two hundred and forty-seven pounds of weight have made him a bit short of breath . |
| 8 | Simon R. Is your friend Noel O' Connor on the list , or should I send him the stuff another way . |
| 9 | I 'll I promised Mr a list but I 've had a very busy week and have n't done him a list this week and I have promised and I 've broken a promise . |
| 10 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford just before the transfer deadline to win him the title last season . |
| 11 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford to win him the title last season . |
| 12 | They must have thought him a bit insensitive — running off like that , the day after … |
| 13 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 14 | When Midland Amalgamated headhunted him for the MD 's job at Pringle 's they offered him a Rover 3500 Vanden Plas , but Vic stuck out for the Jaguar , a car normally reserved for divisional chairmen , and to his great satisfaction he had got one , even though it was n't quite new . |
| 15 | I 've erm , I 've got him a sagey coloured pair now you 're gon na be a good girl today are n't yeah ? |
| 16 | ‘ Get him a bit drunk , and wear a suspender belt , and make your mouth go like this … ’ |
| 17 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 18 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 19 | We are able to give him the support necessary to ensure a comprehensive service for his broad base of clients . ’ |
| 20 | A man keeps his money for him , giving him a dollar each day . |
| 21 | I thought that Wilko giving him the number 2 shirt this season was a positive sign , but I 'm starting to think that he did it out of loyalty rather than in expectation of a comeback . |
| 22 | And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer . |
| 23 | He advanced towards her and she flung him a look full of wrath , annoyingly conscious of his height and the wide breadth of his shoulders . |
| 24 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 25 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 26 | ‘ His natural Scottish wit , direct , authoritative , entertaining approach and instant awareness make him a TV natural . ’ |
| 27 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 28 | Lamb was on 99 and it took him an age next morning to reach the hundred , his first since 1984 . |
| 29 | Earlier this year , six Romanian party veterans sent him a message full of criticism of his policies ; there was talk that he might step down . |
| 30 | There had long been resistance to making him a saint due to his open contempt for Christian domestic morality ( he had lived with concubines after the death of his last wife ) . |