Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [vb pp] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tycho was a Protestant , beholden only to the king of Denmark , Frederick II , who had granted him free use of a small island to pursue his astronomical studies . |
| 2 | But Prean had been fortunate to survive from 10-15 down in the final game in the semi-final against the England No.3 , Nicky Mason , who had beaten him last year , while Douglas , weakened by a stomach upset , survived a hard three games with Prean at the round-robin stage . |
| 3 | He wound his window down and thought momentarily of his brother-in-law , Eddie Kruger , who had taught him all the conversational German he knew . |
| 4 | He took her hand , not to kiss , but as he might have taken a man 's hand who had met him fair and done him honour . |
| 5 | In a lengthy letter he gave thanks to the Duke of Bedford and to the House of Russell and to the Earl of Upper Ossory , who had given him great support throughout his period of office . |
| 6 | Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long . |
| 7 | General Orsborn recognised both him and the young Australian who had given him such a memorable welcome to her homeland . |
| 8 | I have never forgotten that near the end of his life my Father told me that in his loneliness Basil was the one of his five children who had given him most sympathy and understanding . |
| 9 | The articles opened with the comprehensively damning statement that the king ‘ is not sufficient to govern ’ because throughout his reign he had been led and governed by others who had given him evil counsel , to the dishonour of himself and the destruction of Holy Church and his people , and he had refused to provide any remedy , or to allow one to be made , when he was asked to do so by the great and wise men of his realm . |
| 10 | She was a beautiful woman who had found him attractive , or at least pretended to do so . |
| 11 | Men who had found him unsufferable a year or two ago began to see his abilities or his charm . |
| 12 | Poor Daddy — and poor Susan , who had nursed him all through his illness . |
| 13 | People who had driven him further and further into the woods that slope down from the Common towards the mam road to the south-west . |