Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes a way of endowing a person with a responsibility that trains him to fulfil various roles in the future , or that it is hoped will change his character for the better , or that endows its holder with prestige , or that gives him a certain hold on other people and makes them more likely to act in his interests . |
| 2 | ‘ Nigel looked calmer than usual , his aggression was more controlled and that makes him a more dangerous fighter than before , ’ said WBO title king Eubank . |
| 3 | John Watson tends to regard himself as Mike 's adopted father , but Mike has inherited the substantial Lester shareholding and this gives him a considerable amount of independence ( which is not always to John Watson 's taste ) . |
| 4 | He could not identify the Fairy Topic , either , and this gave him a not uncommon sensation of his own huge ignorance , a grey mist , in which floated or could be discerned odd glimpses of solid objects , odd bits of glitter of domes or shadows of roofs in the gloom . |
| 5 | He saw homologies , unity of plan , everywhere and this gave him a pattern of a kind . |
| 6 | Kilvert was very conscientious ( and apparently much loved ) in his discharge of his pastoral duties , and this gave him an acquaintance with an unusually broad spectrum of village society , which adds greatly to the interest of the diary . |
| 7 | Nick Tomlinson , of Mold , the new Flintshire county champion , after rounds of 70 and 71 gave him a winning two-round total of 141 at Padeswood and Buckley . |
| 8 | Ken Gillance , defending , said Lamont was not connected with vice but Welsh told him the previous day she had almost been run down by one of Roth 's friends . |