Example sentences of "earned him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 2 | The cruel vengeance which Basil exacted from the thousands of prisoners taken at Kleidon — he blinded all save one in every hundred , and compelled the sighted ones to lead their blind comrades back to Prilep , where Samuilo died of shock at the piteous sight — earned him the name of Bulgaroctonos ( Slayer of the Bulgars ) . |
| 3 | That kitten grew rapidly into a sleek handsome cat with a boisterous nature which earned him the name of Buster . |
| 4 | He had been dropped off a hard chance when just twelve were needed , but went on to hit the winning four off Botham , and his eight wickets and two useful knocks earned him the Man of the Match award . |
| 5 | Botica 's scintillating running earned him the Man of the Match Award and he ended with a points haul of 18 with seven goals and a try when he swooped and fly-kicked on a wayward Northern pass which had gone to ground 40 yards out . |
| 6 | The golden touch : Australian lock John Eales — whose domination of the line-outs earned him the Man of the Series award — steals a march on Doddie Weir as Willie Ofahengaue lends him a helping hand … |
| 7 | Sparke published forty-two of Prynne 's works , including Histrio-mastix ( 1633 ) , which earned him the antagonism of William Laud [ q.v. ] |
| 8 | Edward , his half-brother , succeeded , aged about 38 years , and he remained as King for twenty-four years , during which time his endeavours towards sainthood earned him the title of The Confessor . |
| 9 | Through his association with the customs , which earned him the title of ‘ customer ’ , Smith entered the realms of government finance and court patronage and politics . |
| 10 | Adored by his public and his pupils , feared by the phoney , derided by the reactionary , de Pomiane 's irreverent attitude to established tradition , his independence of mind backed up by scientific training , earned him the reputation of being something of a Candide , a provocative rebel disturbing the grave conclaves of French gastronomes , questioning the holy rites of the " white-vestured officiating priests " of classical French cookery . |
| 11 | Though unsophisticated , many of his patriotic songs have a stirring lilt ; on politics he wrote with indignation , rough good humour , and an effective turn of phrase that earned him the reputation of being one of the best political ballad-writers in the kingdom . |
| 12 | These works , some of which were strongly anti-Catholic and evidently intended as propaganda in the war against Spain , earned him the epithet of ‘ the Spanish heretic ’ in the Index . |
| 13 | His 52.3s win in the under-17s ' 400m earned him the award for the top track athlete in the Northern Division One West match . |
| 14 | William Hill have already reacted by installing him as 5-2 favourite to win the world after his record fifth successive victory in the Masters , a performance which earned him the gold trophy for keeps . |
| 15 | RONALD REAGAN 'S ability to escape blame for his frequent lapses from even basic competence earned him the nickname ‘ the Teflon President ’ . |
| 16 | William Rees-Davies : Jan 8 , aged 75 : An MP whose habit of sweeping through the Commons corridors in a black cloak earned him the nickname Dracula . |
| 17 | W. G. Collingwood describes one of these men Balthazar Puchberger , ( altered in course of time to Puthparker ) whose shaggy or tousled head earned him the nickname of Towsie . |
| 18 | His unflamboyant political style , his physical appearance , and his representation of a remote North Island rural constituency , earned him the nickname " Potato Head " . |
| 19 | Brown , whose iconoclastic pronouncements and ascetic personal style once earned him the nickname " Governor Moonbeam " , urged the importance of restoring democracy and honesty to the political process . |
| 20 | He was quickly involved in a series of crashes which earned him the nickname |
| 21 | The regular conductor Bruno Walder was taken ill , and Bernstein suffering from a hangover had to take over for a Sunday afternoon concert broadcast on radio across America ; he captivated the audience and the critics , as much with his conducting prowess as with his gyrations on the podium which earned him the nickname ‘ Leaping Lennie ’ . |
| 22 | The annual conference competition to win the George Wood Cup this year took the format of target shooting ( with tennis balls ) and the Welsh dexterity of earned him the honour of collecting the cup at the conference Installation Ceremony . |
| 23 | An advocate of home rule and agrarian reform , Walsh 's support for the controversial ‘ plan of campaign ’ earned him the displeasure of Rome and cost him the cardinal 's hat . |
| 24 | Northumberland senior boys 110 metres hurdler Kevin Lumsden knocked four barriers down but won in 14.9 secs , a three-second improvement on the run which earned him the county title seven days earlier . |
| 25 | Charlemagne 's order of the beheading of 4,500 bound prisoners earned him the Saxons bitter hatred for many years . |
| 26 | And it was this ability to get straight to the point and to turn conventional wisdom on its head that earned him the respect of so many staff and others with whom he regularly had to confront thorny questions of Amnesty strategy and its relations with governments . |
| 27 | Garway 's resistance to exclusion perhaps earned him the respect of the government of James II . |
| 28 | His loyalty and courage earned him the friendship and confidence of Emperor Conrad III . |