Example sentences of "him [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 2 | But by 1830 Burn had left the Greek revival behind him for the subdued Italianate of his branch banks and the big , simple palazzo from of his New Club on Edinburgh 's Princes Street of 1834 . |
| 3 | And the first step is to stop treating him like a tube of toothpaste — something you can squeeze the contents out of whenever it suits you — and start appreciating him for the easy-going patient guy he obviously is . |
| 4 | She pulled the door back a foot or so then slammed it forward , catching him between the heavy wooden door and the frame . |
| 5 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 6 | Following him through the double front door , she received an instant impression of coolness and light ; polished wooden floors strewn with traditional rugs , simple clean-lined furniture in the Danish tradition and pastel-coloured walls . |
| 7 | Essentially , the proofs of the reality of God appealed to him as the only adequate explanation for the existence of the world . |
| 8 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 9 | His work with The Miracles kept him in hits until 1972 , when he finally went solo and delivered the gorgeous Smokey , which might have promised more than it delivered but which ultimately — on ‘ Baby Come Close ’ , ‘ Just My Soul Responding ’ and the personal protest of ‘ Holly ’ — established him as the great single Romeo of modern soul . |
| 10 | Cardiff saw Rohmer , Duvall and Gilbert recoil towards him as the hideous black-glistening thing thrashed amidst the collapsing detritus of its entry . |
| 11 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 12 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 13 | His friends hail him as the last great artist of the 20th century . |
| 14 | When not doing his rare caddying stints , Tip can be found enjoying a beer and an occasional rum-chaser at the Dunvegan Hotel , overlooking those revered links that are a constant reminder of his glory years , and a spur to his memory when the young caddies ask him about the good old days . |
| 15 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |
| 16 | She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room . |
| 17 | Lucien had had little experience of female-kind in his life , and it was the women of Mandru 's household who were the most kind to him during the first traumatic days of his life there . |
| 18 | The origin of ITV can be explained in many ways : as a classic case ( perhaps the first , post-war ) of high pressure political lobbying ; as Churchill 's revenge on the BBC for its disdainful treatment of him during the 1926 General Strike and in his wilderness years in the 1930s , when he was largely kept off the air ; or as part of the Conservative move to ‘ set the people free ’ from the bureaucracy and greyness allegedly intrinsic to Labour planning and the construction of the welfare state ( sweets , be it remembered , did not finally come off ration until 1953 ) . |
| 19 | His refusal to grant extra funding on the grounds of ‘ basic need ’ at the two schools in his own constituency created a political storm which threatened to deprive him of the Roman Catholic vote in the general election . |
| 20 | When Endill opened the door they creaked in the draught and it reminded him of the old hanging tree beside the front gate back home at Gibbet Hall . |
| 21 | Even in the early years , Piper 's percentage gave him $8,000 a year , making him amongst the highest paid men in Australia . |
| 22 | Simon 's big head and loose mouth loomed above him against the ridiculous English summer sky , which was the color of iron . |
| 23 | A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules . |
| 24 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 25 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 26 | He cleared the breakfast things and left him with the small addressed postcard that he had been provided with to write a message on for his mother . |
| 27 | As a Unitarian he was debarred from holding civic appointments or public office , but , following the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in 1828 , for the annulment of which he had campaigned , the corporation of Newcastle in 1832 invested him with the highest judicial function in their gift , the recordership , and shortly afterwards with the honorary freedom of the city . |
| 28 | Everyone at Didcot , myself included , are truly elated about it because we 're in the business of winning , Nigel 's a winner ; if we can provide him with the right technical equipment next year , I 'm sure he 'll win a number of races and indeed his ambition and our objective jointly is to win a driver 's , a world championship driver 's title before he retires . |
| 29 | There was a little crowd underneath him , beseeching him with the heavy solemn common-sense of drunks to ‘ come down and not be a fool ’ . |
| 30 | Why could n't she treat him with the same cool indifference as he showed her ? |