Example sentences of "he [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We see him depicted as a young boy in Luke 2 , obedient to his parents , going up to the Temple and spending time with the learned men asking questions . |
| 2 | We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics . |
| 3 | They left him slumped in a drunken stupor against the church wall . |
| 4 | The piper was coming towards him wrapped in a black cloak , playing … what had he been playing ? |
| 5 | That is his strength — but also his weakness , since music tends to take second place and leave him locked in a radical cabaret slot from which he is unlikely to emerge . |
| 6 | In fact , the point of having him played by a 6-foot 10inch ( 2.1-m ) Nigerian student , Bolaji Badejo , plus a rather less tall stuntman , was largely lost . |
| 7 | Fairbank 's contribution to handwriting made him known to a larger public . |
| 8 | Two nights later , Derek was having a drink in the same hotel when the same person approached him accompanied by a second man who gave his name as Alexander Atkins . |
| 9 | In charge on a caretaker basis since the October sacking of John Beck , Johnson had hoped his side 's Coca-Cola Cup defeat of Premier League Oldham on Tuesday would have seen him appointed on a permanent basis . |
| 10 | ‘ There is no rift between Liam Brady and myself , ’ said Grant , the youngest member of Celtic 's seven-man board , who last season survived an attempt by fellow directors to have him removed at a special general meeting . |
| 11 | Some time later a creditor did succeed in having him removed to a sponging house , where friends subscribed £500 to make life more bearable for him . |
| 12 | But her fears were groundless : the generation gap in this instance had him beached on a far shore . |
| 13 | There was a big picture of him dressed in a fancy cowboy suit and Stetson hat , riding the pony Buddie had bought from a circus because it would n't allow the big men to ride on its back . |
| 14 | The scent of incense seemed to have intensified , but it smelled to him overlaid with a sickly , more sinister smell , and the silence was n't absolute . |
| 15 | A TOP salesman sacked for shirking after his boss had him tailed by a private eye won £11,000 compensation yesterday . |
| 16 | Does he , is he regarded as a great figure , or |
| 17 | But seldom , until the last decades of the nineteenth century was he regarded as a likely subject for trade unionism . |
| 18 | In no way is he shown in a sympathetic light . |
| 19 | ‘ Has he acted in a strange manner recently ? ’ |
| 20 | Neither was he born in a fabled rock 'n' roll city like New York , London or Berlin . |
| 21 | Had he gone to a National Health hospital |
| 22 | Was he influenced by a growing tendency to look for ritual abuse.1 |
| 23 | Is he engaged in a desperate election ruse ? |
| 24 | I would like to know two things : ( 1 ) What you think of the way I have handled him ? ( 2 ) Is he entitled to a loving relationship with another woman ? |