Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary Pat Kelly met him first in the mop room of the convent where she was studying to be a nun . |
| 2 | ‘ David Lodge saw him last year in The Entertainer and said he was wonderful . |
| 3 | The all-round skill of Ken Macmaster helped him open up a lead of 14–8 , 17–11 , 19–14 against star bowler Ken Lamb to win 2019 to secure him a quarter-final spot . |
| 4 | This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done . |
| 5 | Maud Bailey gave him potted shrimps , omelette and green salad , some Bleu de Bresse and a bowl of sharp apples . |
| 6 | But his experiences of street life in Hackney and his boxing ventures in Bethnal Green taught him that blackness presented him with a unique set of problems . |
| 7 | Akabusi agreed to take part in the European Cup 400m hurdles after Frank Dick persuaded him that newcomer Gary Cadogan was too inexperienced . |
| 8 | Ray McAnally played him first . |
| 9 | " Lorne Guyland said that Mr Goodney promised him three long love scenes , with full nudity . " |
| 10 | Bruce Edgar adjudged him unlucky , but his record was modest : 17 wickets at 52.11 and 248 runs at 15.50 . |
| 11 | He told Mr. Frost about Beckett 's law and Mr. Frost asked him several times whether the level of taxation that would then result — |
| 12 | Havvie Blaine disgusted him most of all . |
| 13 | Mr Chan gave him one of his winning smiles . |
| 14 | But Mr Patten told him good government should be founded on fact , not fantasy . |
| 15 | Stephen Pyper pressured him all the way , while Alister McKerr the championship leader fought tooth and nail to take third having started in midfield after problems in practice . |
| 16 | The fall from grace of Heritage Secretary Mr Mellor earned him joint second place with the BBC 's ratings disaster Eldorado . |
| 17 | He was a good local caddie but Mr Palmer made him nervous , and I could tell he 'd sooner be with Gary player and a quiet life . |
| 18 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 19 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 20 | Tom Jones found him more than merry , preparing his final speech for 21 January , when it was obvious that Labour would defeat the Government . |
| 21 | On March 20th President Chaim Herzog gave him first shot at forming a new government to replace the fallen Likud-Labour coalition . |
| 22 | So he did , and sick indeed he was , for Brother Richard found him grey and shaking on his bed , when he failed to attend at Compline . |
| 23 | Mrs Corney offered him some tea . |
| 24 | ‘ Joseph Buquet saw him two days ago . |
| 25 | In 1954 Sir Winston Churchill appointed him financial secretary to the Treasury under his old Marlborough friend , R. A. Butler ( later Baron Butler of Saffron Walden , q.v . ) . |
| 26 | Virginia Woolf thought him charming , especially because he offered her extra helpings of chocolate roll . |
| 27 | The captain of Swindon Town football club has told a court how former manager Lou Macari paid him thousands of pounds in cash bonuses . |
| 28 | Among the overseas sporting awards is an OBE for Ewen Chatfield , the veteran New Zealand bowler , who was saved by the prompt action of Bernard Thomas , the MCC physiotherapist , when a ball from England 's Peter Lever knocked him unconscious in his maiden Test match at Auckland in 1975 . |
| 29 | Now Delia Sutherland gave him proper attention . |
| 30 | Roebuck said that coach Bob Dwyer taught him several new attacking options and running angles in 1991 which he aims to perfect in 1992 when the Wallabies host Scotland and the All Blacks before touring Ireland and Wales towards the end of the year . |