Example sentences of "him the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 2 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 3 | ‘ That time would make him the best dog at the track , ’ said joint racing manager Jimmy Nunn . |
| 4 | His skipper , Richard Gough , calls him the best player at the club . |
| 5 | Past examination papers will also show him the probable lay-out of the paper that he will be expected to answer , and the amount of time likely to be allowed on each question . |
| 6 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 7 | Indeed , it was a precocious interest in Wealden fossils that led to the assembly of a large and valuable collection that was donated in 1884 to the newly opened Natural History Museum in South Kensington , and which gained him not only the title of honorary collector for the museum but also brought him the coveted fellowship of the London Geological Society at the age of twenty-one . |
| 8 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 9 | Wickham gave him the withering look of a man whose junior reads too many detective stories . |
| 10 | THE PATIENT WITH PERCEPTUAL PROBLEMS MAY NEED CONSTANT GUIDANCE WHEN WASHING OR SHAVING , TO REMIND HIM THE AFFECTED HALF OF HIS FACE EXISTS . |
| 11 | He will be able to handle a wider range of options with only mnemonic guidance — for him the minimum number of key-strokes for program control is appropriate . |
| 12 | Rachel sat there in the back of the Mercedes , unable to give him the stinging retort on her lips because she knew he would do what he promised , and she had a profound fear that the minute he made love to her fully the feelings she was desperately trying to suppress would keel over and completely overwhelm her , leaving her not just vulnerable but absolutely devastated by the reality of what they were . |
| 13 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 14 | But a furlong out Mill Reef had sprinted clear , and only Pistol Packer could deny him the greatest moment of an outstanding racing career . |
| 15 | Before I left I was able to give him the good news about his friend Donald , one of the officers to whom we had given food and clothes on the banks of the Rovacchia . |
| 16 | ‘ But when I see those stones here , and ponder — as I was doing when I so nearly precipitated myself upon you — ’ he laughed , gently , at his own folly and again rapiered a look to Miss D'Arcy who , in control now , returned to him the dreamy interest of the truly hooked — ‘ it was Egypt I thought on . |
| 17 | It seemed to him now , that she had planted inside him the dark seed of failure : that from it , everything else had flowered , his inability to keep a job , his uselessness , his drinking , his failed marriage . |
| 18 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 19 | This incident brought home to him the great contrast between his father 's uprightness and the godlessness of those who sneered at him . |
| 20 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 21 | It was to hound and hasten Leonard 's waking thoughts , eliminate any residual interest he may have possessed in mere intellectual commitment , and open to him the stark reality of life downtown . |
| 22 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 23 | He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ . |
| 24 | To him the divine character of Christianity was vindicated not by its reasonableness but by the very fact that it was the kind of thing no ordinary mind could have invented . |
| 25 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 26 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
| 27 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 28 | I showed him the relevant page of my guide-book . |
| 29 | They offered him the highest position in the land , second only to that traitor , if he would forsake me ! |
| 30 | 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 . |