Example sentences of "[verb] him [art] [noun sg] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can give him the assurance that both he and the local authority in his constituency will have ample opportunity to express their views on how best to design the line to reduce the environmental impact . |
| 2 | This will allow John to expand and will give him the feeling that someone will listen to him . |
| 3 | He thought not : at this moment the prospect afforded him a satisfaction that was almost spiteful in its intensity . |
| 4 | Leigh , with the backing of his newspaper and the NUJ , brought an action against the justices in the High Court , which granted him a declaration that the policy of anonymity was " inimical to the proper administration of justice and an unwarranted and unlawful obstruction to the right to know who sits in judgment " . |
| 5 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 6 | The Divisional Court , on 27 March 1991 , on the applicant 's motion for judicial review by way of orders of certiorari and mandamus , had granted him a declaration that on the true construction of the statutes of the university the university had and had had no power to dismiss him by reason of redundancy and that his purported dismissal was without effect . |
| 7 | Erm I think it was an inter-club actually , oh the inter-club table show was the only night he could manage and that was no good to us so erm we , we the only way we could do it was to t bring him the night that there was a full table show transfer the full table show to the champion of champions judge that first and put the winning fish into the champion of champions and I know , well it 's gon na be woof you know a rush and that will , oh well , never mind . |
| 8 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 10 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and I certainly give him the assurance that he seeks . |
| 11 | But he complains that I give him the impression that I am holding back and am not fully committed . |
| 12 | It would have been better , would it not , if you had spoken earlier , and spared him the journey that was his death ? ’ |
| 13 | Melissa flushed vivid puce , threw him a look that would have had weaker men quailing , and stormed off . |
| 14 | Bobby 'll be here in a minute , and I want you all to give him a performance that 'll blast him out of his seat ! ’ |
| 15 | Duncan had been asleep when the policeman burst into the room to give him the news that Leeming had been found . |
| 16 | He asked a policeman who owed him a favour that he wanted no-one to know about . |
| 17 | When they reached the old farmhouse she handed him the fare , absent-mindedly giving him a tip that was at least treble the size she would normally have made , barely aware of his delighted grin as she made her way towards the kitchen |
| 18 | His opportunity comes when a lone housewife is murdered by a psychopath and shortly after he himself catches " flue and reckons he can trick the doctor into giving him an alibi that he is too ill to get out of bed . |
| 19 | Maybe I had meant to raise Alec 's image of himself , show him that I was effectively placing myself in his power , giving him the responsibility that friendship demanded . |
| 20 | It also reinforces his case by demonstrating the implications of not giving him the cash that he needs . |
| 21 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |
| 22 | He 'd asked Ashdown to send him a photograph that he could use . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember , ’ she said , flashing him a look that spoke volumes . |
| 24 | Alexander 's method was brought about by his unique way of thinking which made him the genius that he was . |
| 25 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
| 26 | And of course that was why Hardy had taken against him , why he had left him on the sidelines any time he picked a team for some action , why he had now given him a job that he knew anyone else in the unit would have balked at . |
| 27 | He was not a big man — only about five feet seven inches tall — but his years as a coachsmith had given him a body that was all muscle with not an ounce of fat . |
| 28 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 29 | In fact , he was fishing on a fiord nearby at the precise moment when his detective brought him the news that Lord Mountbatten had been killed . |
| 30 | FitzAlan sent him a look that would have pierced armour at a hundred paces . |