Example sentences of "be [verb] him [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | STEVE BACKLEY yesterday wrote off his chances of being fit to compete in this month 's European Cup and admitted that his continuing injury woes are causing him major concern . |
| 2 | I 've been giving him artificial respiration , and I think he 's going to be all right , but we ought to get him into shelter as quickly as we can . |
| 3 | She saw him look down at her and saw that his skin was raw and flayed in places ; the arm of flesh and blood was scraped and scorched and the silver arm on the other side was reflecting the tremendous heat , so that it was copper coloured and glinting and must be causing him immense pain . |
| 4 | ‘ From the ecstatic behaviour I witnessed just now , I thought you must be promising him instant gratification at the very least , ’ Luke added with savage humour . |
| 5 | Two other books which he wrote at this time were to cause him serious trouble . |
| 6 | Very deliberately , and as if it were giving him great pain , the German who had said little began to speak . |
| 7 | " Habib Olahi thought part of the blame lay with Iran 's allies — particulary the Americans and the British , who were giving him differing advice . |
| 8 | He will take on a role as the head of a special unit in a hospital , and they will need to adopt the roles of experts whose help is needed in dealing with a particular patient whose case is causing him great concern . |
| 9 | 3.1 The only mechanism by which a court can seek to compensate a person who has suffered damage or loss in consequence of a wrong done to him is to award him monetary compensation , whatever the nature of the damage which he has in fact sustained . |
| 10 | To bring false charges against one 's enemy , backed up by witnesses , was to cause him great inconvenience and expense . |
| 11 | She discovered though that it was not the odd-job man 's name which was causing him mild amusement , but her ! |