Example sentences of "had [verb] him [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 2 | He was sure that he was saved because he had the words of Christ and they had given him assurance . |
| 3 | He told Richardson that a Dutch gentleman had given him Frageria chiloensis , a native strawberry from the Spanish West Indies , but although Miller had not yet seen the fruit he quoted A. F. Frézier who ‘ in his Voyages says it grows as big as a pullet 's egg … a great rarity ’ . |
| 4 | He was immediately released from his confinement , but he was still liable to the man who had given him credit in the belief he could keep his promise to pay later . |
| 5 | The embarrassing reality was that Burrows had proved more wily than his pursuers had given him credit for , and had managed to give the S.O.U. the slip . |
| 6 | Hazel was beginning to feel that all would be well and that Bigwig had more sense than he had given him credit for , when Fiver sat up on his hind legs , cleaned his face with his paws and then , for the first time , looked directly at him . |
| 7 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it was no great sum and Hope 's custom had given him publicity . |
| 9 | He would not know what to do if her eyes told him to stay when Buddie had given him permission to leave . |
| 10 | He betrayed no feelings to anyone in the country that had given him asylum . |
| 11 | The man long ago had given him crystals ; what more could be done now ? |
| 12 | If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , by 1800 a commoner was speaking with regret of the times when the undrained wastes had given him pasture , where ‘ he could turn out his cow and pony , feed his flock of geese and keep his pig ’ . |
| 14 | Two weeks ago Hoomey knew that he would have been terrified putting any part of his anatomy within an inch of Bones 's long , grooved teeth , but habit had given him confidence . |
| 15 | He had grown up with the impression that women 's motives were suspect , and so when Tom Rooney had given him advice he had found it so easy to believe , because it was what — subconsciously — he expected . |
| 16 | His memories of Heather , bolstered by his possession of her photographs , had given him courage and hope , emotions to which he had been a stranger for more years than he cared to remember . |
| 17 | The father 's preparation for the Civil Service Examination — probably as rigorous an academic test as the external London matriculation examinations of the first forty years of this century — had given him command of three languages , Latin , French , and German , and a powerful interest in political and philosophical topics . |
| 18 | She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself . |
| 19 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 20 | When the French refused his conditions , Henry decided on the war which his diplomacy had given him time to prepare . |
| 21 | Robert had given him beta minus ( query ) . |
| 22 | She had made no effort to erect any ‘ keep off ’ signs , and their kiss the evening before had given him heaven only knew what sort of ideas . |
| 23 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 24 | The walls of his cell had given him nightmares . |
| 25 | The UN Security Council heard on Feb. 6 from UN special envoy Cyrus Vance that Franjo Tudjman , the Croatian President , had given him Croatia 's " full and unconditional acceptance " of the UN plan to deploy forces in special UN Protected Areas . |
| 26 | But they had given him photographs . |
| 27 | He had asked to be transferred , but his club had given him notice of retention and refused to release him . |
| 28 | In that first parliament of his , immediately after his coronation , he had refrained from asking for money , had even prided himself on his princely forbearance , and believed it had won him friends and trust . |
| 29 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 30 | Neither of us had noticed him pocket it . |