Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His years in the ring had left him the legacy of being quick on his feet , and he caught Larsen some twenty yards short of the door . |
| 2 | His clemency had earned him the regard of the West and would , surely , last until Twelfth Night . |
| 3 | The act has made him the star of the show . |
| 4 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 5 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 6 | Even a bare second had shown him the gauntness of her face , its pallor throwing the make-up into a strange relief , like those simulated three-dimensional photographs . |
| 7 | Clive James , whose Observer column had made him the doyen of television critics in the Seventies , wrote ; ‘ One has been kept from previous series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em by its awful title , but it is time to say what everybody is saying-that the show is a must . |
| 8 | He 'd known he would n't be putting on the act as soon as the boy had handed him the carrier . |
| 9 | Having saved him from almost certain death in the morning at the hands of the enemy , fate had collected him the same evening by a stray bullet fired in error by a Maltese Army recruit . |
| 10 | The larger-than-life character is becoming well-known on the streets of Iasi youngsters in the town have dubbed him The Black Horse and even taken to copying his distinctive hairstyle : slicked back with a pony-tail . |
| 11 | A BOY 'S ambition to run a cafe with a smile has won him the title of Smarties ' Young Achiever of the Year . |
| 12 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 13 | His decisive , no-nonsense manner had given him the reputation of being a good doctor , and this had been only slightly dented by one or two spectacularly wrong diagnoses . |
| 14 | Vulgar speculation about his love life usually enraged Richard ; there was still a mark on the pearl damask wall where he had hurled a glass of whisky on receiving the news that People magazine had voted him the World 's Sexiest Man of 1984 . |
| 15 | He was their only guest and of course her father had given him the ‘ big room ’ — used by the landlord himself in the winter . |
| 16 | In addition to the damage to his integrity , the leadership challenge resulted in the immediate resignation of Keating , whose intellect and skills of debate had made him the ALP 's most formidable performer in parliament . |
| 17 | Ephron has told him the land is worth four hundred shekels . |
| 18 | This success had earned him the approval of the Director . |
| 19 | He said he was afraid the delay over the book had lost him the opportunity of reaching the city in time to take part in any meaningful work , and promised to join the next summer 's dig in June . ’ |
| 20 | It was the fourth time in five years that Gotti , whose elegant sartorial taste had earned him the nickname " Dapper Don " , had been indicted . |
| 21 | A property millionaire had given him the key to the Mayfair pad where he squired Antonia . |
| 22 | It implies that the Prime Minister has permitted him the freedom ‘ to take whatever action is needed ’ in the past . |
| 23 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 24 | But Mr Norman Bell , who drives the No 8 United bus between Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland , was called in to learn a survey had found him the friendliest bus driver in Britain . |
| 25 | Mr Prescott 's gutsy , down to earth brand of socialism has gained him the respect of party activists . |
| 26 | At this first meeting I expressed appreciation at their continuing confidence in me ; undertook to mediate ( this time unpaid ) ; and also to involve the services of John Montgomerie , whose clear-headed , quiet wisdom had earned him the respect and confidence of everyone he had dealt with . |
| 27 | He longed to see the majestic height of a nobleman 's banquet hall and to eat swan stuffed with capons and quail as his mother had told him the gentry did . |