Example sentences of "[vb pp] him [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 2 | Perhaps the mad fuckers had hung him in an abattoir . |
| 3 | She had never seen him with an umbrella before . |
| 4 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 5 | I bred him and love the horse , and I 'm delighted to have sold him to an owner who will look after his interests . |
| 6 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |
| 7 | Or he could follow the Germans , who have duly provided him with an excuse for higher base rates at next week 's party conference — but have also made it abundantly clear that the Bundesbank is the dominant monetary authority in Europe , and our much-vaunted independence is so much poppy-cock . |
| 8 | And yet , tonight , some demon that she did n't understand had driven him to an act she was sure he was now bitterly regretting . |
| 9 | Robert can see Henry 's star quality and has already aligned him with an animal talent agency ( Satch 's Animals ) , although his one date with the cameras so far — for a Lucozade commercial — was n't exactly a smash . |
| 10 | On that third morning , though , it had been Haynes who led out the home team , since Richards was in the press box breathing fire at Daily Express journalist James Lawton who had asked him for an explanation of the V-sign he had given to his own crowd . |
| 11 | This passion for haute cuisine has led him to an involvement with the restaurant industry itself . |
| 12 | Griffin 's first round victory had left him with an eye fully closed which eventually opened slightly before last night 's win against Franke . |
| 13 | Since then they 've made LA Story together , and she has encouraged him as an actor rather than a comic . |
| 14 | Meredith had spotted him at an end of term production of You Never Can Tell at drama school . |
| 15 | She had sent him in an ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital . |
| 16 | They had cornered him in an alley . |