Example sentences of "he [verb] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking to him gave Jane the idea ( obvious , as most good ideas seem , once they 're thought of ) of producing a guide to the firm 's products , loose-leaf for updating , to be distributed to doctors and clinics . |
| 2 | a Scottish sailor marooned on the island of Juan Fernandez from 1704 until he was picked up by Captain Woodes Rogers 52 months later ; Woodes 's account of him gave Defoe the idea of Robinson Crusoe , and Cowper wrote a poem entitled ‘ Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk ’ , beginning ‘ I am monarch of all I survey ’ . |
| 3 | It was the Quaker ironmaster Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) who first used this method successfully here in 1709 , and in so doing , he made Coalbrookdale the cradle of the Industrial Revolution and Shropshire — for a time — the centre of the industrial world , with ideal coal deposits at hand to give the area a head start in the production of pig-iron . |
| 4 | In the end , he got Shrimpton the job , and that shoot was one of the assignments that launched her career . |
| 5 | ‘ He phoned Ursula the day Maurice 's murder was . |
| 6 | Under the bonnet he found Sparky the cat scrambling across the battery . |
| 7 | If he loves Silvia the way he says he does , he 'll want her to study , not skive off and waste time ! ’ |
| 8 | He told Nicola the programme was looking tired and the job was hers for the asking ’ |
| 9 | He noticed Schellenberg the moment he entered , not because he recognized him , only the kind of man he was . |
| 10 | He hands John the envelope . |
| 11 | The honour of being the first Hearts player to captain Scotland since Dave Mackay in the Fifties was tarnished for Craig Levein when he gifted Germany the opening goal of the game after 19 minutes . |
| 12 | He showed Gabriel the envelope containing the valentine . |
| 13 | More than all that , though , he showed Richard the way . |
| 14 | Here he showed Anselm the pope 's letter to the king which he had obtained after Anselm 's departure . |
| 15 | He handed Turner the production bag and indicated the prisoners . |
| 16 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
| 17 | As he handed Ben the bowl he almost expected to receive some kind of shock — a violent discharge of the child 's unnatural energy — through the medium of the bowl . |
| 18 | He handed Ralf the money . |
| 19 | He handed Lee the torch , which was now dud without the battery . |
| 20 | He handed Doggett the stallion 's bridle , then carried the saddle over to the spare horse . |
| 21 | When he phones Tony the transport manager about delivery schedules , he strives for success . |
| 22 | He calls McHarg the factor ‘ his man ’ . |
| 23 | He loved Alexander the King as a man loves a woman . |
| 24 | He throws Iain the paper . |
| 25 | He liked Hamburg and Münich , but he called Frankfurt the Machine City . |
| 26 | He grabbed Brett the moment he opened the door and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 27 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 28 | As soon as he reached Hoogeveen the weather deteriorated , and so did his spirits . |
| 29 | I even believe he sent Khaemhet the boatman to be my lover and my liberator . ’ |
| 30 | Gandalf remarks at the same time that he sent Gwaihir the eagle to watch the River ; presumably he was the eagle Aragorn saw , but thought nothing of , as he stared out from Amon Hen on the first page of The Two Towers . |