Example sentences of "[vb past] him [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She bore him a third son , but a difficult carriage and birth presaged troubles which eventually cost her her life in her forties . |
2 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
3 | A search party found him the next day , dead from exposure . |
4 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
5 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
6 | ‘ I almost had the creature last night , ’ Mr Crangle told him the next day . |
7 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
8 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
9 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
12 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
13 | But he almost always gave the defendant a second chance , and sent him a second summons to appear the following week . |
14 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
15 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
16 | I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance . |
17 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
18 | At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used . |
19 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
20 | As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance . |
21 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
22 | At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown . |
23 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
24 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
25 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
26 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
27 | FLYWEIGHT Paul Ingle was eliminated on a 13-12 verdict by strong North Korean southpaw Chol Su Choi — despite a rally that won him the last round 9-4 . |