Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His enemies call him an ‘ ambulance chaser ’ . |
| 2 | Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty . |
| 3 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 4 | When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen . |
| 5 | On his first night back , his parents give him a party , to which they invite their circle of middle-class , middle-aged friends . |
| 6 | His actions earned him a £115 fine |
| 7 | What he does see is a crippled lama living in extreme simplicity and frugality in a mountain hermitage , whose being is irradiated with a joy which has an even keener edge because his infirmities offer him no possibility of escape . |
| 8 | He became recognised as one of the most accomplished half-backs in the Division and his displays won him the approval of the fans on many grounds besides our own . |
| 9 | In the immediate aftermath of Wolsey 's fall from power , his advisers offered him a range of options on how to obtain the annulment and Henry responded by trying a number of different schemes . |
| 10 | His friends called him an easy-going chap ; his enemies called him weak . |
| 11 | All you need to know about Brian is that in the Sixties one of his friends send him a postcard of planet Earth with a message saying : ‘ Wish you were here . ’ |
| 12 | His critics call him a charlatan . |
| 13 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 14 | Kit Everard had his men raise him a sleeping pavilion on the eastern bank across the creek from the saman tree where he had established his strategic headquarters . |
| 15 | When the shops opened he had sent out two of his men to buy him a list of items he needed : a very large-scale map of the area north of London extending fifty miles in all directions , a matching sheet of clear plastic , map-pins , chinagraph pencils in different colours . |
| 16 | Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog . |
| 17 | Peter admits his looks make him a target for casuals , the designer thugs who constitute one element in urban violence . |
| 18 | MD , , presented with a colour television from the company , while his colleagues gave him a garden bench . |
| 19 | He was a tall , attractive man in his mid-forties , the grey hair at his temples giving him a distinguished look . |
| 20 | In assumpsit in the Common Bench , it was alleged that Brathwait , having killed a man , asked the plaintiff to use his endeavours to obtain him a pardon , wherefore the plaintiff did go to Royston to the King to get the pardon and , in consideration of this service , the defendant promised the plaintiff £100 . |