Example sentences of "[conj] have [vb pp] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was that kind of care that had kept him alive so long . |
| 2 | But that was before doctors switched off the ventilator that had kept him alive ever since he ran in terror from one IRA bomb into the full force of another . |
| 3 | He drained it at a draught and threw it back , the dark mood that had kept him silent from Ivrigar falling away . |
| 4 | It was enfeebling , it had killed off his efforts at meditation , and there was something almost sinful in allowing his imagination to feast on these buried years when he considered the present turmoil and growing anarchy engulfing the city that had made him one of its own . |
| 5 | In 1964 , he moved to Trinidad to become Dean of Students , which was a promotion , at the UWI campus there , continuing the work he had begun in Kingston by stressing to the students the importance of discipline , physical fitness , responsibility and such like — in other words , all the values that had made him such a successful captain . |
| 6 | It was n't congenital stupidity that had made him susceptible to human jurisdiction , it was anguish . |
| 7 | Dr Tariq did not vouchsafe to the Colonel the news that had reached him that morning , that a Frenchman , home on leave , had sent by letter his resignation . |
| 8 | It was his profession that had brought him that shaft of insight , and he felt mildly safer because of it . |
| 9 | The road accident that had left him lame had also worn him down . |
| 10 | He had woken from his brief sleep , emerging out of nightmares that had left him drained and sickened . |
| 11 | For the predictions that have made him famous , Britain 's top amateur weather-watcher would rather rely on a few observations of his own … |
| 12 | Cos then it 's something that 's done him good and it 's learnt him to talk cos he 's had Thomas erm |
| 13 | It 's exhaustion that 's made him ill . ’ |
| 14 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
| 15 | ‘ The grounds for making action by a building society or associated body subject to investigation under the scheme must be that the action constitutes — ( a ) in the case of a building society , a breach of the society 's obligations under this Act , the rules or any other contract , or ( b ) in the case of an associated body , a breach of the associated body 's obligations under its rules ( if any ) or any contract , or ( c ) unfair treatment , or ( d ) maladministration , in relation to the complainant and has caused him pecuniary loss or expense or inconvenience . |
| 16 | They had been the more surprised when , at the age of 32 , she had married Sir Henry Berowne , apparently for less obvious qualities , and had given him two sons . |
| 17 | He said Mr Jackson later told him he had sold £1,600 worth of the furniture , including a desk , military chest and chair , and had promised him full payment . |
| 18 | This was good news , as I had met him after a children 's charity evening and had found him shy , attractive and funny . |
| 19 | I had asked the plumber to come and had reminded him several times and no doubt he would come in the end . |
| 20 | But the accusations of shoplifting completely devastated the player and his family and have left him bitter about the way Scottish newspapers pursue the private lives of football 's master race . |
| 21 | Years of hard training , injuries and arduous touring have taken him ahead of British brothers Martin and Graham Bell , but have brought him little remuneration so far . |