Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annie left him , and then , pregnant , offered herself in order to saddle him with someone else 's child — and this when he had just received a telegram awarding him a scholarship to Oxford . |
| 2 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 3 | He claimed there was a plot to make him a scapegoat for economic failures . |
| 4 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 5 | She asked a footman to get him a brandy , for he was trembling . |
| 6 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 7 | A museum paid him a four-figure sum for it . |
| 8 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |
| 9 | Only the width of a post denied him a sensational late equaliser at Everton in the following round , and Second Division Brighton will greet his return to action with some trepidation in tonight 's second round replay . |
| 10 | Such a denial makes him an atheist like other Christians . |
| 11 | A dragonrider handed him a long shape , wrapped in red silk . |
| 12 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 13 | He had heard nothing more of the plane until a newspaper phoned him the following day , Sunday afternoon . |
| 14 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 15 | He therefore persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket without disclosing his identity . |
| 16 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 17 | Er someone tells him that , a policeman tells him the best way to look at it is if you were locked out your house |
| 18 | Pleading poverty , he sought charity from local shopkeepers , and a butcher gave him an enormous turkey , which might actually have been a small emu . |
| 19 | Later he agreed with a sub-purchaser to sell him a similar cargo at 19s. per ton . |
| 20 | Later a woman brought him a plate of bacon and eggs and a cup of tea , but said it was no good making a fuss now , it was too late . |
| 21 | I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish |
| 22 | Being a Governor gave him the right to know details of any child 's parentage , but in his case the necessity to study the books had never arisen . |
| 23 | A man called him the devil , some parents shouted ‘ We Want Joe ’ and the talk was all about condoms , AIDS and innocence . |
| 24 | Asa had flown bi-planes like the Italian Fiat Falco and the British Gloucester Gladiator , hopelessly out-classed by the opposition , only his superior skill as a pilot giving him an edge . |
| 25 | a mirror to show him the road ahead . |
| 26 | He may be — indeed is , as I am sure you have gathered — a gentleman , but his being a painter makes him a little — unconventional , shall we say , and it would be entirely improper for you to go to Trelorne alone — ’ |
| 27 | Bergsson said : ‘ He was in a hurry to take the throw but I was in not such a hurry to give him the ball . |
| 28 | In 1649 the Rump Parliament rejected a motion to make him a full treasurer , but in 1652 he became co-treasurer with an obscure backbench MP , and from 1653 with Richard Deane [ q.v. ] ; they were also joint receivers-general of assessments , and thus responsible for the entire system of direct taxation and military expenditure . |
| 29 | Soon , Jodami was being hailed a future champion after a series of bold displays as a novice stamped him the most charismatic chaser in the North . |
| 30 | Bracewell , 29 , claimed the directors backed out of a promise to give him a two-year contract by offering him only a 12-month deal to stay . |