Example sentences of "[verb] him [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Jack 's magnificent start with the Eagles could win him a dramatic recall for Australia in next month 's World Cup final against Great Britain . |
2 | Rather than treating the foreign investor as a rival , we should consider him a valuable helper , for he increases our production and the efficiencies of our business . |
3 | When the trial began in late February 1710 , huge crowds gathered to escort the doctor back and forth from his lodgings to Westminster Hall , shouting that they wished " God would Bless him and send him a happy deliverance " . |
4 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
5 | Martin Amis in 1980 when his Money could n't buy him a decent shirt |
6 | His witty daughter , who attends Gwladys Street Primary School in the shadow of Everton 's Goodison Park , says : ‘ I 'll buy him a nice present and we 'll have a little tea party for him . |
7 | Generally I 'd buy him a second-hand suit and take it up . |
8 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
9 | Others said that their driving was risky because friends and , to a lesser extent , the public , police and insurance companies labelled him as ‘ high risk ’ and charged him a high premium , he might as well get his money 's worth . |
10 | In 1925 the Post Office , which operated independently or through other licensees outside London , went to the length of installing , for a private subscriber in Eastbourne , a free line to St Andrew 's Church 933 yards away , and charged him an annual rental of £1 17 6d ( £1 8712 ) under a three-year contract . |
11 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
12 | A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday . |
13 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |
14 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
15 | After Charlotte 's death in 1783 , the great love of Hickey 's life was Jemdanee , one of his Indian mistresses , who bore him a short-lived son . |
16 | She bore him a third son , but a difficult carriage and birth presaged troubles which eventually cost her her life in her forties . |
17 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
18 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
19 | Ashley cast him a quizzical look . |
20 | Ashley cast him a wary glance . |
21 | She cast him a scathing look . |
22 | Carol cast him a Cassandra-like look and asked Subhadra what problems they had encountered . |
23 | I patted Armstrong 's stubbly radiator and promised him a good clean-out . |
24 | The Sinn Fein man claimed two plain-clothes men approached Mr Fox in Thomas Street , Dungannon on September 2 and promised him a new house if he agreed to work for them . |
25 | Ruddock , 25 , signed a three year deal when he moved to Spurs from Southampton for £750,000 12 months ago , and claimed Venables promised him a renegotiated contract if his first season went well . |
26 | It took the bank almost two months to write him a curt letter saying it was not interested . |
27 | If he attempts to talk to you , you will flick him a haughty glance and say nothing . |
28 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |
29 | Conscious that he needed an heir , James now acquired a wife , having instructed the envoy sent to find him a suitable bride that she should not be ‘ too horrible ’ . |
30 | ‘ It would have been terribly unfair to him and any possible new owners to find him a new home when he was in such a terrible state . |