Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] he [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant headteacher agreed to see him every day , on an informal basis , to get a chance to talk to him about home , family and school and to offer support where possible . |
| 2 | Competition could be fierce , as a young Dundee officer discovered when even the influence of the powerful David Scott failed to secure him a place for the voyage of 1801 because |
| 3 | Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez . |
| 4 | And a performance that helped make him the Queen Mum 's favourite . |
| 5 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 6 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 7 | They sat down together facing each other , her face full of unaccustomed excitement , and then she rose to fetch him a dish to tickle his appetite , six pale gleaming molluscs like oysters , with wedges of lime around them , prettily , and a sprinkling of red pepper over them . |
| 8 | Assuming he was in trouble , he stopped to give him a lift … but the attacker threatened him with an iron bar and forced him to take tablets which made him unconscious . |
| 9 | Llandudno had merely assisted with funding his flight to this country and helped to get him a job in the locality . |
| 10 | Other cottagers the teacher from Glasgow visited gave him a proof of their kindness ; they presented him with a large basin of milk : he took a drink of it , and would have left the remainder , but they signalled to him to drink it all , and the old man stood opposite the door to prevent his getting away till he was obliged , in answer to Gaelic gesticulations , to drink all the milk that was in the basin . |
| 11 | Indenbaum knew how badly Modigliani needed money so he tried to offer him a sum within his means for the beautiful oil , but Modigliani was offended and obliged Indenbaum to accept the portrait as a present . |
| 12 | Corbett devoured it hungrily while the gaoler watched impassively but , when Corbett tried to ask him a question , slapped him in the mouth , grabbed the bowl and waddled out of the cell . |
| 13 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 14 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 15 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 16 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 17 | He was free , he was well fed and looked after , and he had a girl who came to see him every day . |
| 18 | Nowadays , quite a few recognised him , and seemed to bear him no grudges . |
| 19 | Dorothy stood by him and came to visit him every day . |
| 20 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 21 | Timothy Gedge , with his hollow cheeks and his gawkiness , had picked on them even though he did n't know them , even though they 'd done him no harm . |
| 22 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 23 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 24 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 25 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 26 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 27 | It seemed to give him a purpose which , up until he saw the sign , he had n't had . |
| 28 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 29 | She knew his ways and had adapted to them and this seemed to give him a satisfaction which quietened him . |
| 30 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |