Example sentences of "have [verb] him [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sport has given him all this , and could take him from it in an instant . |
| 2 | Now he has decamped to Hollywood , where his blandly commercial approach and hit track record has won him this prestigious assignment , a high-concept , low-intelligence star vehicle . |
| 3 | It has taken him all these years to understand the implications . |
| 4 | Now an American court has awarded him that ludicrous sum against the International Amateur Athletic Federation . |
| 5 | I 'd seen him earlier that night , here at the house , behaving in a way that made me very anxious to find out what he was doing here on Moila . ’ |
| 6 | It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill . |
| 7 | His pride could not have permitted him this simple insight . |
| 8 | Instead of seventy dead , it might have cost him five hundred , a thousand , to destroy Siward 's army so that it could neither attack him nor follow him . |
| 9 | Divine intervention might also have allowed him two straightforward chances ; a top-edged hook off Ambrose when on 22 spiralled to long-leg where Walsh got both hands to it without holding onto it , and at 66 , two balls after the end of his 125- run second wicket partnership with Wessels , he edged Patrick Patterson and Williams made a hash of a regulation catch . |
| 10 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 11 | I 've given him some some things to play he 's going to play with his pennies and make patterns and work out his tables . |
| 12 | Over the last months Mr Mafouz had given him two free tickets to Paris , a pineapple , six copies of the Illustrated Tourist Guide to London and a pair of bright green trousers . |
| 13 | They had given him one written statement . |
| 14 | Being one of the few local boys who had gone to grammar school had given him that extra confidence early in life . |
| 15 | None of the changes had given him any added zest for life — or , for that matter , any desire to look for trouble where no trouble was self-evidently present . |
| 16 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
| 17 | He had despised her thoroughly ever since she had given him some dire warnings about the state of his aura , and he felt she would be perfect for this review . |
| 18 | The Inspector had seen him earlier that night and made it plain what he thought of him . |
| 19 | Wherefore as God had granted him all those dominions , it seemed just to them that he should accept the imperial title also , when it was offered to him by the consent of all Christendom . |
| 20 | I even had to loan him some more to get out of Nicaragua . |
| 21 | ‘ Now that you 've got him all excited , it 'll be hours before he can get off to sleep . ’ |
| 22 | He wondered why she had told him all this . |
| 23 | So Maureen had known him all that time . |
| 24 | His 100 sorties over Malta had brought him two confirmed victories and three damaged . |
| 25 | His lovely Janine had brought him this low , had brought Michael Ryan into his home . |
| 26 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 27 | From his visit to the Burgers , Wycliffe had learned something about art , more about the art trade , and a good deal about Edwin Garland , but he wondered whether it had brought him any closer to establishing a motive for the murder of Francis . |
| 28 | He had never used the cane before , only the threat of it , but all three children were well aware that Kim 's flagrant disobedience earlier that evening had caused him acute public embarrassment . |
| 29 | You know and immediately can you see , you 've asked him all these questions you can see what a pain in the neck you are to all the people you 've asked these questions of . |
| 30 | Sylvie had left him these two . |