Example sentences of "[verb] him [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue . |
2 | When he first started to air his views on intensive farming methods they labelled him a crank and hoped he would go away . |
3 | He praised his wife Wyn who visited him every day and held his hand as he was treated in three different hospitals . |
4 | And I said do you want a piece of paper to write him a message or something ? |
5 | This time Endill drew him a map and pointed out the quickest route back to the main corridor . |
6 | She went to find him a pen and paper to write something for her so she could see , she could even be able to tell his character from his writing . |
7 | Having set the Duchy on the road to providing an income for the Prince of Wales , the next task had been to find him a house and , of all those short-listed in the summer of 1980 , Charles chose Highgrove . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Dudley , after years of trying to get redress by law , went off to the Continent in a huff ( and a fancy woman ) where the Emperor created him a duke and overlooked the fancy woman . |
10 | There were those who found him an oddity and some who were repelled by his right-wing and reactionary views . |
11 | They dogged him the length and breadth of the country , wherever the small troupe of players appeared . |
12 | The cold cost him an arm and a leg , badly amputated by Würstchen , who had employed a rough-hewn rock to sever nerve , sinew and bone . |
13 | At this first meeting I expressed appreciation at their continuing confidence in me ; undertook to mediate ( this time unpaid ) ; and also to involve the services of John Montgomerie , whose clear-headed , quiet wisdom had earned him the respect and confidence of everyone he had dealt with . |
14 | 's scientific knowledge , and uncompromising standards and principles have earned him the respect and admiration of any who worked with , or even against him . |
15 | The Shah did no like Bakhtir - " I had always considered him an Anglophile and an agent of British Petroleum . " |
16 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
17 | I told him the love and character evident in that sofa was worth at least £50 . |
18 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
19 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
20 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
21 | Wilson is a simple man like most policemen , show him a body and he wants to know whose it is , how it died and who 's responsible . |
22 | You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere |
23 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
24 | and er , she 's got two more raises at school , they 'll give him a credit and then wrote him a letter saying that he 'll probably be expelled again , of course she went busting up there |
25 | First he sent him to the Jews to be tried as they said , then he sent him Herod then Pilate thought , if I scourge him that will satisfy them , let me just give him a beating and the folk will be happy and it 'll be alright . |
26 | ‘ Do n't worry , if I want him to shut up I 'll give him a dig and he 'll soon get the message ! |
27 | One day Hugh came into the bathroom while Myra was washing and offered to give her a present if she would give him a hug and a kiss . |
28 | It was Mansell 's 6th win of the season ; the 27th of his career and that puts him level with Jackie Stewart as Britain 's most successful driver , so victory at Silverstone would give him a record and just about clinch the world crown . |
29 | right I 'll give him a kiss and you |
30 | Which is what I meant to erm tt get on to Chris from the press office B B C Well I 'll give him a bell and just organize it for one day . |