Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dotty was n't there to cosset him , and presently he went upstairs to the wardrobe , where Prue made him a cup of tea . |
| 2 | The remarkable Jean Gaye , who performed in many of the comedy-ballets , seems to have been capable of singing anything , although Prunieres calls him a baritone . |
| 3 | Another problem was his feathers : he was n't growing down quickly enough and he was always shivering , so Maureen made him a little coat out of cotton wool . |
| 4 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 5 | Father 's Day , so Lois bought him a fish . |
| 6 | Southampton 2 , Manchester City 1 City ripe for Kendall salvation if Swales gives him the time . |
| 7 | and she er she said what and she said oh well I do n't think I 'll phone Graham but if Maxine shows him the paper , she said I reckon he 'll phone them because er , it did say , I think in the paper that the , that she said they 're letting everybody know |
| 8 | If Joseph gave him an exhibition it could make a huge difference to Leary 's reputation , yet she wondered how likely it was that Joseph would help him . |
| 9 | Although his eyes were red , the young man seemed calm — until Huy handed him a cup of beer . |
| 10 | Hunter-Blair took a lonely stand in British politics and until MacQuillan gave him a platform he was a nonentity . |
| 11 | If Henry offered him a drink , Donald would compress his lips , lower his eyes , as if in the middle of a difficult diagnosis , and nod , slowly , responsibly , like a man burdened with some ghastly secret about the state of Henry ’ s insides . |
| 12 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 13 | ( Peter should have remembered because Howley sent him a six word telegram before his own big day . |
| 14 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
| 15 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 16 | They turfed him out as an 18-year-old before Cambridge gave him a lifeline trial . |
| 17 | When Middlesbrough gave him a chance , he had a nightmare debut against Oldham Reserves . |
| 18 | When Madeleine offered him a cigarette , he hesitated , then took one . |
| 19 | Nothing signifies for him , yet he seizes on details with a toneless precision , almost pedantry : when Raskolnikov calls him a gambler he says he is actually a card-sharper . |
| 20 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 21 | Still , he thought , as long as Richmann considered him a superstitious peasant , he would n't consider him a threat . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't see what difference it makes , people 's ages , ’ he said when Carrie told him the girls in her class thought this odd . |
| 23 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 24 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 25 | He showed no surprise when Blanche told him the number plate of the car was false , and Nowak emphasised he did not want the police to press charges if the driver was found . |
| 26 | This time , at the bedroom doors , the man waxed a little more bold when Mariot wished him a good night 's sleep . |
| 27 | He had been working at the Council depot as an attendant when Joe offered him the job , and he had been very pleased to make the change . |
| 28 | He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’ |
| 29 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 30 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |