Example sentences of "have [verb] him [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Oh you should 've heard him other day , all Parker pens that are in this house are his he says
2 Stewart is still battling to fully shake off hamstring trouble which has plagued him all season .
3 Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career .
4 The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay .
5 Les Ferdinand , England 's most recent recruit , showed why Graham Taylor has given him international recognition with a stunning first-half display of power and pace .
6 He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern .
7 He can not see why cash which has earned him monthly interest running into five figures should be squandered for the sake of a perceived way of life that is now beset by escalating economic and political pressure .
8 And now the stroke has affected him that way .
9 At present , his forthright batting has brought him 4690 Test runs , at the creditable average of 30.26 , with seven centuries .
10 Whilst initially not as financially rewarding , the change in direction has brought him increasing recognition .
11 He has had a hand in most of the major developments on site , but says B205 — Magnox reprocessing — has brought him most satisfaction .
12 ‘ The grounds for making action by a building society or associated body subject to investigation under the scheme must be that the action constitutes — ( a ) in the case of a building society , a breach of the society 's obligations under this Act , the rules or any other contract , or ( b ) in the case of an associated body , a breach of the associated body 's obligations under its rules ( if any ) or any contract , or ( c ) unfair treatment , or ( d ) maladministration , in relation to the complainant and has caused him pecuniary loss or expense or inconvenience .
13 The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’
14 The laibon wants it understood that it has taken him some time to trace the trouble back to this incident .
15 Well he thought your dad was buying that mould from Jim so he did say that , he , he 'd lent him that book on how to actually build them , but that 's
16 He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first
17 She had n't simply evaded him ; she 'd evaded him each time with an ease that had left him looking like a fool .
18 I 'd called him Chinless Wonder on the same basis that regular enlisted men in the Army call Sandhurst graduates ‘ Ruperts ’ .
19 She 'd tossed him some bait , and he 'd swallowed the rod .
20 This must have given him great satisfaction for he used to refer to himself " as one who has been admitted a member of the great family of the deaf " , and described this family as " my people " .
21 warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul
22 Evidence at the coroner 's court should have given him little confidence in the outcome , but events took an upward turn when Marion Lindo stepped into the witness box .
23 Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold .
24 His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity .
25 His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity .
26 The check would have given him more control over the hammers and the freedom to play more powerfully than he had done in 1777 , without making the piano jangle .
27 She really would have to see him some time .
28 You 'll have to meet him one day , Karen , seriously . ’
29 It could have saved him this time , but the policeman , half nerved up for aggression , caught him fairly in the doorway and hung on with professional ease .
30 That could n't have done him any good . ’
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