Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] him an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His dribbly nose , crooked teeth and cheeky Cockney accent made him an obvious classroom victim . |
| 2 | Landor 's want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor , and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes ; but in energy and resourcefulness , in courage and power of endurance , he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers . |
| 3 | He was knighted in 1945 and in 1953 the American Meteorological Association elected him an honorary member . |
| 4 | That is why , no matter what the last-minute mediators may say , there is a danger that their aim will be interpreted not as an effort to secure Mr Hussein 's compliance with demands that have somehow escaped his attention , but as an attempt to offer him an easy way out . |
| 5 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 6 | He was only eight when Bruce Lee , whose 1973 film Enter the Dragon made him an international star , died mysteriously aged 32 . |
| 7 | The apparently unbridgeable gulf between him and his contemporaries in terms of sheer footballing skill made him an exceptional and enormously wealthy black man , after a childhood spent amidst the poverty and squalor of Bauru ( see Pelé and Fish , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | The guard found him an empty compartment and locked the door . |
| 9 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 10 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 11 | Only Waylon Jennings wears a cowboy hat , but Willie Nelson 's bandana and grey pony-tail make him an obvious Indian scout , Johnny Cash wears the frock-coat of a gambler and Kris Kristofferson 's cut-off T-shirt suggests his pardners will be calling him ‘ Junior ’ well into his sixties . |
| 12 | His record makes him an outstanding candidate for an R Y A Award . |
| 13 | The rain brings him an end-of-time vision , solitary as his sense of humour , of flooding cellars and emerging rats . |
| 14 | If Philiphaugh was a mark in Craigbarnet 's favour with the Montrose interest , and his ancestor 's service with the Great Marquis deserved reward , his own participation in the 1715 Rising and his continuing Jacobitism made him an undesirable ally for a Whig politician like Montrose . |
| 15 | His wife darted him an impatient look . |
| 16 | From 1661 he sat in the Cavalier Parliament for Dorset , and was in opposition under both the administration of Edward Hyde , Earl of Clarendon [ q.v. ] and , after 1667 , the Cabal , in which his local rival , Anthony Ashley Cooper ( later first Earl of Shaftesbury , q.v. ) , held high office ; but his stalwart churchmanship brought him an honorary DCL from his old university in 1665 . |
| 17 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 18 | Pleading poverty , he sought charity from local shopkeepers , and a butcher gave him an enormous turkey , which might actually have been a small emu . |
| 19 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 20 | His silken touch , his ability to play off either foot , and his pace make him an obvious crowd-pleaser . |
| 21 | Steeling herself , she tilted her chin to give him an aloof , autocratic stare . |
| 22 | It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not . |
| 23 | They had some good meals together , and when John left , the man gave him an inscribed copy of the lithograph being used as poster for his exhibition . |
| 24 | Even his ‘ classics with a twist ’ style makes him an obvious role model for this season 's slim suiting . |
| 25 | When Lincoln University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate ( 1951 ) his delight was obvious . |
| 26 | Edinburgh University awarded him an honorary LLD in 1913 . |
| 27 | St Andrews University awarded him an honorary LLD in 1875 . |
| 28 | Aberdeen University awarded him an honorary DD in 1895 . |
| 29 | The overall four-match title , run on section points , went to Steve Cooper ( Anglers Choice ) for the second year as three wins plus a runner-up placing gave him an outstanding victory accruing 39 points from a maximum 40 . |
| 30 | The doctor gave him an anti-tetanus injection to which the plaintiff was allergic . |