Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way . |
| 2 | I took Sir Ralph to the top of the stairs into the North Bastion tower but the passageway was so narrow Colebrooke helped him the rest of the way . ’ |
| 3 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 4 | Haslam believes this experience taught him the need to recognise that many products follow a predictable life cycle . |
| 5 | It was only when the high priest asked him the direct question : |
| 6 | When he was at school another boy told him the Chinese see a rabbit in the moon . |
| 7 | This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level . |
| 8 | Gerard Fusil , a French radio journalist , suffers the same insatiable affliction as Francoise , along with hundreds of other amateurs who want to cheat death with a dramatic natural backdrop , but his connections within the French media gave him the chance to create an annual event to satisfy even the most daredevil adventurer . |
| 9 | In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " . |
| 10 | He was the kind of man who looked magnificent in any uniform ; Hollywood 's British Colony gave him the airs to match his looks . |
| 11 | Some Ministers told him the switch should be to income tax ; others , including Kenneth Baker , the home secretary , suggested VAT . |
| 12 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 13 | And personal poetry gave him the icks He could n't |
| 14 | His quaint commentaries made him the voice of the modern game , providing stark contrast to the loud-mouthed antics of some superbrat players . |
| 15 | Erm so we then moved back towards the doorway erm and then P C requested the persons in the bed to tell him where the light switch was , which a male voice told him the approximate area where the light switch was . |
| 16 | Charlemagne 's order of the beheading of 4,500 bound prisoners earned him the Saxons bitter hatred for many years . |
| 17 | RONALD REAGAN 'S ability to escape blame for his frequent lapses from even basic competence earned him the nickname ‘ the Teflon President ’ . |
| 18 | Sawle acknowledged this on the eve of the final Test when , asked to defend the dumping of Marsh , he made the point that it had been the bowlers — Craig McDermott ( whose 31 wickets made him the highest Australian wicket-taker in a series against India ) , Bruce Reid ( a wrecker in the second Test before breaking down again ) and Merv Hughes — who had been the key figures throughout the series . |
| 19 | If he is n't , it does n't matter what he knows and he can go over my head any day he likes and make the Assistant Commissioner read him the whole report if he wants to . |
| 20 | W. G. Collingwood describes one of these men Balthazar Puchberger , ( altered in course of time to Puthparker ) whose shaggy or tousled head earned him the nickname of Towsie . |
| 21 | William Rees-Davies : Jan 8 , aged 75 : An MP whose habit of sweeping through the Commons corridors in a black cloak earned him the nickname Dracula . |
| 22 | He wore no tie , but the effect of his neat sleeked-back hair and thick-framed spectacles gave him the look of a rather stern and learned professor . |
| 23 | Blackwell had already been in touch with William Penn [ q.v. ] , when the Quaker proprietor offered him the deputy governorship of the infant colony of Pennsylvania , in a desperate attempt to reassert his authority over the resident Quaker oligarchy based in Philadelphia . |
| 24 | His extrovert personality made him the ideal host at the company 's restaurants . |
| 25 | He had been dropped off a hard chance when just twelve were needed , but went on to hit the winning four off Botham , and his eight wickets and two useful knocks earned him the Man of the Match award . |
| 26 | They arrived late at night at the colliery house where Patterson 's parents lived , put up at a nearby hotel and the next day toured the working-men 's clubs before attending the wedding where Norman 's good looks made him the talk of all the women present . |
| 27 | Botica 's scintillating running earned him the Man of the Match Award and he ended with a points haul of 18 with seven goals and a try when he swooped and fly-kicked on a wayward Northern pass which had gone to ground 40 yards out . |
| 28 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 29 | Jamie Spence 's win in the Canon European Masters made him the sixth first-time winner on this season 's Volvo Tour . |
| 30 | A scheme set up by the Benevolent Fund gave him the chance to learn to fly . |