Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scarlatti and Bach reveal his ear for tonal colour , and miniatures as unlike as Beethoven 's Ecossaise in E flat and his own ear-tickling Valse amour confirm him as a charmer of the first order . |
| 2 | On the other hand , the buyer will wish to have the comfort of the guarantee , and , in addition , whatever rights law and statute grant him in the particular circumstances of the case . |
| 3 | The power of the father is not quite like that of the ‘ patriarch ’ in Filmer 's Patriarcha ( 1680 ) , yet his activities outside the home invest him with an importance which the wife does not have . |
| 4 | He stands , arms outstretched like an ancient knight , whilst the remainder of the team dress him in the EOD suit . |
| 5 | Those in the centre and on the Right regard him as a pragmatist ; those on the Left see him as a right-winger . |
| 6 | He 's a good passer of the ball have him in the middle . |
| 7 | The Loremaster felt a ghostly finger prod him in the chest . |
| 8 | Ian Snodin 1.1 EVERTON ( Telegraph class him as a full back ? ! ) |
| 9 | Gabriel let the sing-song rise and fall of Garvey 's voice lull him into a stillness , while his eyes travelled ( for want of interesting faces ) over the even rows of brick cladding the manor house , and the iron-outlined figures of the saints in the stained-glass chapel window . |
| 10 | Does the Secretary of State dismiss him as a dismal Jimmy , or does he agree with me that Mr. Watkin knows what he is talking about ? |
| 11 | He was a giant of a man and did the work of three , and when someone flagged with exhaustion he would appear like a genie by his side and with a quiet word help him over the temporary crisis . |
| 12 | ‘ Some folk in the city see him in a different light . |
| 13 | She 's to give him a hand lead him across the road . |
| 14 | Can Mr Mitterrand , even as the opinion polls condemn him and the press mock him as a king on the eve of his dethronement , be about to try one last grand jeu before he really ‘ quits ’ . |
| 15 | Yeah , he was in agony there , so any way carry him to the toilet , sat him on the toilet and sort of sat there with him a bit trying to make him go a wee , cos I thought perhaps he full bladder and could n't |