Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 2 | Towards the end of his life Gouzenko went blind but the news was kept so secret that in 173 MI5 sent an agent to show him some photographs in the hope that he could recognise Hollis . |
| 3 | Did the fact that he is accompanied by a doctor on the campaign trail help to lose him last week 's TV showdown with Clinton ? |
| 4 | Havel asked the legislature to grant him broader powers to defuse the constitutional crisis . |
| 5 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 6 | His first move was to try and persuade the council to agree to the execution of the imprisoned Rivers and Grey on the grounds that their alleged plan to murder him constituted treason . |
| 7 | His first move was to try and persuade the council to agree to the execution of the imprisoned Rivers and Grey on the grounds that their alleged plan to murder him constituted treason . |
| 8 | He saw a good deal of Eden in the next months , and with a genuine desire to see him Prime Minister gave him a lot of advice . |
| 9 | ‘ And you have no right to promise him any money ! ’ |
| 10 | He can require any person to afford him such facilities and assistance , within that person 's control or responsibilities , as are necessary to enable the inspector to exercise any of the powers conferred on him . |
| 11 | But he will have cause to resent his treatment by campaign organisers given Mr Kinnock 's unequivocal pledge to appoint him Foreign Secretary in a Labour government . |
| 12 | Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways . |
| 13 | Boyd Stych , looking strangely civilized in a dark business suit and neatly clipped beard , was informed by his wife , when he came home , that the Advent was sending a photographer and a reporter to see him this evening and he was not to litter up the lounge — she 'd just tidied it . |
| 14 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Breeden does not want Congress to give him new law — and subject his agency to the crossfire of vested interests that this would involve — until the courts have tested whether existing law is sufficient . |
| 16 | She saw no reason to give him any information he did not already have . |
| 17 | He could not help feeling how kind it was of a fellow human being to accord him such deference , that the speaker must have a particularly sweet and generous nature , must love and honour him , and he had to struggle against this , he had to resist cravenly agreeing with whatever was said that preceded that ‘ sir ’ . |
| 18 | Okay , so it cost a lot to get him half way across the world , but money does n't mean much if you ca n't use it wisely . ’ |
| 19 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 20 | They 'd fed him and had the decency to give him fresh clothes , the shirt , blue jeans and a broad leather belt with embossed brass buckle to hold them up — camping-shop gear but adequate against the chill of November . |
| 21 | ‘ As soon as I 've rung my Orderly Officer to give him certain instructions , I 'll have to get off back . ’ |
| 22 | Getting on to the remains of the top of the pod had been relatively straightforward , although Daak had tried to insist on being the last one out and she 'd had to threaten him with troopers ' oaths and a blaster to convince him that gallantry was inappropriate . |
| 23 | No wonder he had never allowed the spotlight to catch him full face . |
| 24 | Somewhat reluctantly he lifted the phone , and asked the operator to get him Assistant Commissioner Seddon at New Scotland Yard . |