Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards , the people of Haworth gave him a gold watch . |
| 2 | It transpires that the new tenant is Pris , one of the androids Deckard is hunting ( though John does not realise this until later in the story ) The presence of Pris excites him a great deal . |
| 3 | He was president of the British Mycological Society ( 1927 ) and the Association of Economic Biologists ( 1928–9 ) , and in 1938 , the University of Aberdeen awarded him an honorary LLD . |
| 4 | They 've been back on the phone again despite Portsmouth awarding him a new two-year contract ! |
| 5 | A survey in the crucial state of Ohio gave him a slender lead . |
| 6 | Hanson was let out of Leyhill to give him a chance to get used to life outside prior to release . |
| 7 | Merely to connect her with the Battle of Trafalgar liquefied him a little further because it moved him . |
| 8 | Inspiration was drawn from Nietzsche , whose idea of Superman made him the ‘ poet of eugenics ’ , as Havelock Ellis , a founder of the movement , proclaimed . |
| 9 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 10 | Foreman agreed to link up with Stafford to give him the chance to attract another League club . |
| 11 | This simply goes along with his being the archetypal great detective , and even with Dostoevsky making him a vehicle for the airing of central thematic issues . |
| 12 | Cohabiting with Sien made him a denizen of the slum district she knew intimately . |
| 13 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 14 | Later joining the intelligence corps , his attachment to Special Operations Executive in German-occupied north-west Greece and afterwards with the British Information Service in Athens gave him an abiding affection for and an understanding of the Hellenic scene . |
| 15 | On the occasion of its 30th anniversary , the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia awarded him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science ; and this month at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science he is to receive an Honorary DSc from the University of Wales . |
| 16 | The following day Patel telephoned French at the Burgerspark Hotel in Pretoria advising him the ANC 's regional director had called a special meeting with the National Olympic Sports Congress for Monday morning recommending that the tour be cancelled . |
| 17 | Marin Ceauşescu 's position at the Romanian Foreign Trade Mission in Vienna made him the provider of the family 's needs when it came to everyday items from razor blades to video films . |
| 18 | For Foster the resurfaced family tradition of unionism and his newly acquired loyalty to Paisley made him an active and enthusiastic supporter of his political activities . |
| 19 | But a push on Hoddle denied him the goal . |
| 20 | On 30 May 1952 a letter went from Churchill to Ramsey offering him the see of Durham . |
| 21 | The second example was of a time when Caesar was ill , and cried to Titinius to get him a drink , as feebly as a woman might ( says Cassius ) , and he bore his illness in a cowardly way . |
| 22 | His marriage to Aethelburh gave him a connection with cross-Channel diplomacy and his children by Aethelburh were kinsfolk of a Merovingian king in Gaul . |
| 23 | She heard his car in the drive , and called down to Victor to offer him a drink while he waited . |
| 24 | As soon as the railway station at Carno was theirs , Bernard wrote to Dai offering him the promised job . |
| 25 | As the rally closed , the woman went up to Lafontaine to offer him a bouquet of flowers and to ask for his autograph . |
| 26 | But the Home Secretary 's fraudulent attempt to imply that they were all destined for Heathrow does him no credit and should cause him shame . |
| 27 | J. B. Priestley 's celebration of the ‘ little holiday steamers ’ which ‘ snatched glory out of defeat ’ at Dunkirk gained him an enormous radio audience . |
| 28 | Admittedly the absence of Brian Reid gave him the 250 at Carrowdore and then Derek Young 's injury at Kirkistown handed him the Open Road Racing Ireland award , but he has certainly had a year to remember and his performances in the 600cc series have all been high class . |
| 29 | His time at Newcastle gave him the unique opportunity to take the building society into Europe when it became the first UK society to offer a full range of services on the mainland of Europe on opening a branch in Gibraltar in 1990 . |
| 30 | George has completed 40 years ’ service with the company working in various locations and all his friends and colleagues gathered at Southall to wish him a long and happy retirement . |