Example sentences of "was [verb] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However one piece of equipment was causing him a problem — a ‘ survival bag ’ .
2 He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ .
3 Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message .
4 His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship .
5 Fact that I was calling him a murderer had nothing to do with it .
6 He could be wild and crazy at times and she had n't faced up to the fact that the way he lived his life was doing him no good , no good at all .
7 As it turned out , I was doing him a service . ’
8 I was doing him a favour looking after the house over Christmas . ’
9 He needed to ; it was doing him a kindness , putting iron into his backbone .
10 He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind .
11 In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind .
12 He had heard about the Funnell family and the old matriarch when Doctor Rice was giving him a lightning summary of the patients .
13 Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave .
14 Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted .
15 Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped .
16 I told him I knew Marc was going to listen to him , would help him , that all he had to do was tell him the truth . ’
17 ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’
18 And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong .
19 If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’
20 The first day belonged very much to Gooch , who made a fine 153 that was to earn him the Man of the Match award .
21 As she spoke she was laying him a place at the kitchen table , and serving him his meal .
22 Because Zeno was edgy , Carla was telling him a story .
23 Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said
24 It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth .
25 Ace might not love her , and he was furious at having his hand forced by William Ash , but there was something she could maybe start to build on , and that was telling him the truth about her birth .
26 The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message .
27 ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all .
28 Michael Ryan was offering him a face saver and he knew it .
29 She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill .
30 Byers was offering him the bottle .
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