Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Lawrie also had 70 for level-par 288 to be 25th with Adam Hunter 's 72 for 289 giving him a share of 31st place with Stephen McAllister ( 74 ) . |
| 2 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 3 | As it is , the Carrickfergus player does not come home empty handed , because a break of 104 wins him a gold chain , the prize for every century-maker in the Tailand tournament . |
| 4 | His death at the age of twenty-four made him an instant legend . |
| 5 | The Great Exhibition of 1851 brought him an excellent opportunity to expand his business and he seized it with relish . |
| 6 | Flying across England and Ireland like that to deliver him an angry homily on his duty to his firm ! |
| 7 | To take a few examples : J. Uvedale asked Thomas Cromwell in 1537 to find him a place with the King or with Prince Edward ; Ralph Sadler asked Cromwell to help him obtain from the Bishop of London the keepership of a park in Essex ; John Varney wanted Cromwell to get the King 's signature approving his petition for a life patent of his stewardship of Berkhamsted and King 's Langley ; Lord Sheffield hinted to Robert Cecil that he would like the vacant position of Lord Chamberlain ; and so on . |
| 8 | A subaltern 's commission in the Hampshire Yeomanry in 1897–8 gave him a liking for army life , and in January 1899 he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers . |
| 9 | When the first round of presidential elections in 1965 gave him a less than overwhelming endorsement , he concluded morosely that the French were no longer afraid of anything and were slipping back into " dispersion " and " facilité " . |
| 10 | A woman may turn to bottle-feeding to give him a chance to join in . |
| 11 | Samuels was with Adams on the 1988 youth tour of Australia and his Cup returns of 426 runs at 47.33 earned him a place in the West Indies team for the series against England A as opening batsman . |
| 12 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |