Example sentences of "him [art] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | They offered him the highest position in the land , second only to that traitor , if he would forsake me ! |
| 2 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 3 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 4 | Although car dealer Cannan has always denied any involvement in Suzy 's disappearance , several detectives still consider him the chief suspect in the baffling case . |
| 5 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 6 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 7 | Perhaps his most inspired piece is the saga of Cosmo , the fairly accurate knife thrower , whose failure to see the point makes him the sharpest act in town . |
| 8 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 9 | In 1986 Forbes magazine named him the richest man in America . |
| 10 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 11 | Regardless of your personal feelings towards the Chairman , you must afford him the utmost respect in addressing him and obeying his rulings . |
| 12 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |
| 13 | Who had seen enacted before him the last skirmish in the war which had now given him his own longed-for kingdom of Cyprus . |
| 14 | Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners . |
| 15 | Is it my fault if the King has spoilt his son and made him a laughing stock in Europe ? |
| 16 | When he reached twelve his father cut short his education and procured him a naval cadetship in March 1800 . |
| 17 | Keele University acknowledged Michael Akehurst 's position as one of the foremost international lawyers of his time by awarding him a personal chair in February 1989 . |
| 18 | Collinson had told John Bartram to consult this work in the library before sending him a personal copy in 1737 and two years later wrote to the American collector : |
| 19 | Fear of being ousted from Edward 's entourage by the king 's Poitevin half-brothers perhaps gave him a personal interest in the political upheaval of 1258 , which began with the half-brothers ' expulsion from England . |
| 20 | Yet Politics among Nations is the book which made him a major figure in the discipline and its message is as we have described it . |
| 21 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 22 | The magistrate gives him a three-week remand in custody . |
| 23 | To help publicise the launch of the airline , Branson had taken on the services of Tony Brainsby , a man whose hyperventilated style of press-arousal on behalf of such clients as Paul McCartney had made him a small legend in the pop world . |
| 24 | But that very willingness to apply himself , coupled with the great skill he has , still makes him a great player in my view . |
| 25 | He is chairman of the IAEA 's Nuclear Safety Advisory Group , which gives him a pivotal role in co-ordinating the safety policies of all countries that have nuclear installations . |
| 26 | Ahead of him a morose-looking man in a cardigan was sorting through slabs of meat in plastic containers . |
| 27 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 28 | THE decision by Scotland 's Stephen McAllister 's to concentrate on rhythm and feel rather than technique brought him a rich dividend in the Balearic Open here yesterday . |
| 29 | Carlos Sainz 's victory for Toyota on the Rally of Portugal last week gives him a 13-point lead in the world championship . |
| 30 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |