Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] he a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael 's younger sister found him a fidget in church and thought it was fidgeting to excess . |
| 2 | To do that , on May 18th the prime minister , Leonid Kuchma , asked parliament to grant him a range of extraordinary powers : to rule the economy by decree , control the central bank and the state privatisation body and have jurisdiction over the president 's satraps in the regions . |
| 3 | Densil 's mum let him a room . |
| 4 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 5 | yeah and er , the , the programme condemned him a bit , basically he he did n't , there was , there was , he did n't seemed to take in a lo , a whole lot evidence from either side , you know , he did , he did , he did n't seemed to handle the case very well , it was sort of more like it just get it over with quickly and forget it sort of thing . |
| 6 | Charlie 's hearing was fully restored a week later and a smile appeared on his lips for the first time when he saw Grace standing by his side pouring him a cup of tea . |
| 7 | Annie left him , and then , pregnant , offered herself in order to saddle him with someone else 's child — and this when he had just received a telegram awarding him a scholarship to Oxford . |
| 8 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |
| 9 | Alyssia opened her mouth to give him a piece of her mind at this further show of arrogance — in fact , to give him the sack , because his mere presence here implied that he was working for her father , and so , in an indirect manner , for herself — but he did n't allow her the chance . |
| 10 | His big break came when a Rolling Stone critic gave him a rave write-up and major record companies fell over themselves in an attempt to be the first to sign this new blues sensation . |
| 11 | The Association awarded him a medal of honour in 1989 . |
| 12 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 13 | Like Wilson , Nixon believed that his national mandate gave him a legitimacy that the legislature lacked , a body that was , ‘ cumbersome , undisciplined , isolationist , fiscally irresponsible , overly vulnerable to pressures from organized minorities , and too dominated by the media ’ . |
| 14 | The imp gave him a kind but pitying look . |
| 15 | Benedict settled his own needs and the lawyer gave him a draft on Lady Merchiston 's bankers . |
| 16 | We can assume that his scepticism extended to his belief in the efficacy of non-violence because he notes that reading Tolstoy influenced him greatly and cured him of his scepticism making him a believer again in ahi sā . |
| 17 | Ramsey 's college refused him a research fellowship . |
| 18 | There , a former customer of the plaintiffs gave evidence that he had met the defendant in the street and mentioned to him that he had heard he had set up his own business and wanted the defendant to cut him a suit . |
| 19 | There , his quick and brilliant mind gained him a degree in electrical engineering and a well defined career path with the Texas Instruments and Teledyne Geotech companies , with whom he was to make his not inconsiderable input to NASA 's Apollo Space Programme . |
| 20 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 21 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 22 | If the law grants him a defence in these circumstances , then he may have sexual intercourse with her and use violence upon her with impunity . |
| 23 | His hairstyle , baggy clothes and non-comformist attitude made him a rebel without a cause , a punk whose greatest claim to fame was his ability to drive a golf ball further than the average par four . |
| 24 | Marais ' charismatic playing wins him a place at court while Colombe has to cope with the death of a daughter . |
| 25 | By the reign of Queen Victoria the 3rd Marquess was the richest man in England and the Queen made him a duke . |
| 26 | Charles 's attacks on modern architecture made him a hero of the silent majority . |
| 27 | For the law to grant him a defence in these circumstances would be to grant a licence for sexual exploitation . |
| 28 | Even Hun Sen , the Prime Minister , has asked the province committee to find him a village in Kep , according to Mr Sok Hay . |
| 29 | Horatia leads him a dog 's life . |
| 30 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |