Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Deuce , a pimp , has added him to a clutch of boys he is taking to a hotel . |
2 | One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman . |
3 | The huge international interest in Brightness which followed his escape to freedom in Turkish waters , has turned him into a valuable commodity . |
4 | ‘ His addiction has turned him into a cheat and a liar ’ |
5 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
6 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
7 | Although he left no explicit statement of belief , recent scholarship has shown him as a consistent sponsor of reform , both in his local activities and as an intermediary between suitors and the Crown . |
8 | One research scientist , a friend of mine said that the setting up of a particularly apt experiment has lead him to a sense of the beautiful . |
9 | ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’ |
10 | But she has lured him into a giant press , through which she has crawled , and is just able to throw the switch . |
11 | The official receiver or whoever is the chairman of the meeting must certify the appointment of the trustee , but not until the per son appointed has provided him with a written statement that he is a qualified insolvency practitioner and consents to act ( r 6.120(2) ) . |
12 | Mr Grainger , who believes that the association could be the first of its kind in the country , has contacted the American Brain Tumour Association which has provided him with a wealth of information . |
13 | Mr Grainger , who believes that the association could be the first of its kind in the country , has contacted the American Brain Tumour Association which has provided him with a wealth of information . |
14 | A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) . |
15 | ‘ Francis has remembered him in a codicil to his Will drawn up in Nassau . |
16 | For one thing , his obsession with tactics has led him into an absurd devaluation of the merits and achievements of Peter Beardsley . |
17 | Shelford was in Wales last October to watch Neath beat Toulouse , a result which has led him to a conclusion similar to Wyllie 's : ‘ From the performance Neath put on that night , Welsh rugby is in pretty healthy hands . ’ |
18 | This passion for haute cuisine has led him to an involvement with the restaurant industry itself . |
19 | The law of Docherty 's life has taken him on a rollercoaster through football management . |
20 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
21 | THE BUCK STOPS HERE : Trevor McDonald 's distinguished career has taken him from a poor , but loving , childhood in Trinidad to being ITN 's first solo anchorman Picture : BILL KENNEDY |
22 | Since then they 've made LA Story together , and she has encouraged him as an actor rather than a comic . |
23 | For Wesker , the fortunes of Shylock have been all too typical of a career plagued by bad luck which has left him with a sizeable canon of rarely performed work . |
24 | Peter says that the weekend has left him with a lasting impression of the professionalism of the TA . |
25 | Just turned forty , Frank is married to his job , his wife has left him for a colleague , and when he encounters the sexually predatory Helen ( Ellen Barkin ) he breaks one of the first rules in the book by falling for a suspect . |
26 | ‘ She 's got him on a pedestal . ’ |
27 | She , she 's got him on a string ai n't she ! |
28 | And she 's got him into a very good er nursery school apparently . |
29 | Father 's hit him with a shovel . ’ |