Example sentences of "[vb pp] him [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 His bold , unflinching approach to racing has won him a devoted following , especially in his home country .
2 His defiance of Uncle Sam has even earned him a grudging respect .
3 But now he 's back on the track chasing the appearance money that has earned him a detached house in the Surrey stockbroker belt of Lightwater .
4 The farmer , himself a member of the planning committee , had recently removed his stockman from the cottage had built him a modern bungalow on the farm , an arrangement now recognised as less altruistic than it might appear .
5 Lorton had lent him a black Balaclava helmet which covered all of his head except the eyes and the bridge of the nose ; feeling like a trainee terrorist , he pulled it on ; he was grateful for its warmth .
6 He had lent him a chauffeur-driven car and expensive office equipment during the General Election .
7 To help publicise the launch of the airline , Branson had taken on the services of Tony Brainsby , a man whose hyperventilated style of press-arousal on behalf of such clients as Paul McCartney had made him a small legend in the pop world .
8 In addition , Seb 's fight with Boz had made him a temporary focus for their anger .
9 But it is that same obstinacy or , put another way , determination to win , that has not only made him a successful captain , but also into one of the most feared batsmen in the world .
10 Andrew 's background has made him a focal point for media interest this week , including an appearance on regional television filmed back at the last working tin mine , at South Crofty , near Redruth .
11 William Quekett was living in fashionable Well Close Square in the 1840s — a few doors away from John Frederick Hasted , Benjamin Titford 's cousin — but his real work lay in the poor courts and alleyways of the parish at large , where his dedication and Christian charity had made him a legendary figure .
12 In his defence , Souness believes his no-nonsense approach has made him a marked man .
13 His pre-Civil War sympathies for the national-syndicalist JONS and his membership of Falange from 1936 onwards had made him a natural choice for the post of ambassador to Vichy .
14 Corbett felt as if he was in a nightmare ; the very smallness of the man made him a false opponent , almost cutting off Corbett 's blood lust and desire to protect himself .
15 A First Division club — possibly Wakefield Trinity — has made him a tempting offer and Roberts , who played for Wigan in 1987 , is keen to accept .
16 A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject .
17 On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister .
18 A well-rounded elder statesman : Denis Healey has a personal Hinterland , filled with poetry , history , classics and philosophy , which he fears may have made him an over-tolerant politician .
19 But his hyperactive personality has also made him an easy subject for parody .
20 His solitary life had made him an accurate observer of wild creatures , and to him humans were but other creatures , rare , but the most dangerous and observable of all .
21 His alcoholism would have made him an unsuitable colleague for revolutionaries obsessed with the need for secrecy and the dangers of indiscretion .
22 His first plan was to have the film , provisionally entitled Who Killed Bambi ? directed by Russ Meyer , a corpulent , moustachioed American whose films featuring pendulous-breasted women had made him an improbable recipient of cult acclaim .
23 He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue .
24 He had resolved to keep it for the whole year , egged on by his father , who had promised him a new bicycle if he succeeded .
25 DeVore who had shown him the top-security files detailing the deals Klaus Ebert had struck with various Companies to destroy Curval 's own enterprise .
26 His family have bought him a new hi-fi for Christmas .
27 He asked me what I was going to wear and said his mam had just bought him a new duffle coat and did I like it , ’ she says .
28 She had bought him a new trilby with the tiniest of blue feathers tucked into the band at the crown .
29 I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it .
30 Cummins has offered him a senior position with the company and the chance to spearhead its attempts to break into the East European engine market .
  Next page