Example sentences of "have [verb] him [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 32 | Finally , congratulations to our contributing editor , GEOFF DYER , whose book about jazz , But Beautiful , has gained him a Somerset Maugham award . |
| 33 | Mr Prescott 's gutsy , down to earth brand of socialism has gained him the respect of party activists . |
| 34 | Whether Rory is merely loose in the world or ‘ away the crow road ’ ( dead ) only Kenneth seems to know , but Prentice 's uncle has left him a sign and a promise . |
| 35 | Mr Tersteeg , his ex-employer at The Hague , has sent him a box of paints and a sketchbook . |
| 36 | If he overcomes Benn , Hearn has guaranteed him a re-match with Eubank this year . |
| 37 | But there is one inflammatory comment that has guaranteed him an FA rap . |
| 38 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 39 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 40 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 41 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 42 | Timothy Gedge , with his hollow cheeks and his gawkiness , had picked on them even though he did n't know them , even though they 'd done him no harm . |
| 43 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 44 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 45 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 46 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 47 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 48 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 49 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 50 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 51 | Actually I forgot about it or else I would 've ma I would 've got him a card . |
| 52 | Australian businessman Alan Bond shot to international prominence when it was revealed that Sotheby 's had lent him the money to purchase van Gogh 's $53.9 million ‘ Irises ’ . |
| 53 | ‘ Could you have given him a home ? ’ |
| 54 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 55 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |
| 56 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 57 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |
| 58 | The Navy may have given him an air of commanding responsibility , but it was his year running the Queen 's Silver Jubilee Appeal in 1977 that finally made him his own man , and not his father 's son . |
| 59 | And though the visit could have given him an opportunity to kill his father , and then drive down the next day to discover the body , that was the one crime which every logical motive screamed against . |
| 60 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |