Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Great Britain forward , sent off for tripping Mike Ford in Saturday 's Regal Trophy defeat by Castleford , presented video evidence to yesterday 's Rugby League disciplinary committee , but it failed to save him from a two-match ban . |
| 2 | Steve Royle says they used the tank for teaching people to row and it has enabled him to see lots of students and they can now coach everybody the right technique . |
| 3 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 4 | It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness . |
| 5 | Iain feels the effects of the alcohol drunk with the meal but it has made him feel good , giving him a sense — true or not — that he can cope , that he can deal with the way his own mind and from there be able to deal with other people 's . |
| 6 | It has made him a millionaire but 32-year-old Chris would sell it all tomorrow if he could find a buyer . |
| 7 | ‘ It has made him — over-sensitive to the presence of strangers , perhaps . ’ |
| 8 | He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine . |
| 9 | He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections . |
| 10 | It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last . |
| 11 | However much we may lament Mr Swinton 's recent seclusion , we are forced to conclude that it has done him nothing but good . |
| 12 | Mentally it has done him a lot of damage . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It has hurt him more than anything else since his release . |
| 14 | This scientific enthusiasm was invaluable during his three years as President of the Royal Geographical Society and it has earned him a place on the National Environmental Research Council . |
| 15 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 16 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
| 17 | It has taken him all these years to understand the implications . |
| 18 | The laibon wants it understood that it has taken him some time to trace the trouble back to this incident . |
| 19 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |
| 20 | Though his input has been enormous , he is modest about the extent to which it has brought him fame . |
| 21 | It helped push him towards resignation . ’ |
| 22 | He skidded around , dodged easily around a giant hand as it tried to grab him , and hared along the table . |
| 23 | It proposed bringing him before a tribunal of officers . |
| 24 | The failure of the pope to pronounce on this matter until 798 meant a dangerous delay for Coenwulf and was probably a factor in his desire for an archbishopric at London , but the papal judgement when it came gave him a free hand and made London as an archiepiscopal see dispensable . |
| 25 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 26 | It seemed to give him a purpose which , up until he saw the sign , he had n't had . |
| 27 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 28 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 29 | ( He had a school-type one — it seemed to suit him . ) |
| 30 | It might have been callous if the situation had been different , but it seemed to suit him , too . |