Example sentences of "him [prep] [art] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Anyone know who marked him for the 3–3 draw at Leeds ?
2 I did see him as a six year old child .
3 I suppose he had forgotten that when Bill Jordan , president of the engineering workers ' union , asked him during the 1987 election campaign to announce then that he would hold a referendum on unilateralism after the election , he declined and replied that people would come round to it once they understood .
4 A Falkplan you need , ’ said the concierge , reaching behind and taking a map out of the rack behind him with a five Deutschmark price-tag pin on it .
5 IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ .
6 ‘ Rodney Martin beat him in the 1991 World Championship and I 've beaten Martin , so anything is possible , ’ he said .
7 But it was vigorous criticism of him in the 1922 Committee by Tory back-benchers which convinced Brittan — and Mrs Thatcher — that he no longer enjoyed the confidence of the party in Parliament .
8 Persistent rain prevented a resumption until 5pm on Saturday and a single by Hick off Winston Benjamin took him to the 20,000 mark .
9 Ball 's booking after a rash challenge on West Ham 's Stuart Slater , takes him over the 31 penalty point mark and earns him an automatic two-match ban .
10 But there was the rub , for Ben had , according to many , the most explosive start ever in athletics ' history and being with him at the three-fifths point in the race was , apparently , beyond the powers of the sprinters gathered in the Stadio Olimpico on this hot August day , Lewis included .
11 When , a long time ago now , Stephen had tried to call him Dad or Father and drop the babyish name , he had shouted that Stephen was all he had in the world and could n't he have a little bit of kindness and call him by the one name that meant something ?
12 During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course .
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