Example sentences of "has [vb pp] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stewart is still battling to fully shake off hamstring trouble which has plagued him all season . |
| 2 | Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career . |
| 3 | The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay . |
| 4 | Les Ferdinand , England 's most recent recruit , showed why Graham Taylor has given him international recognition with a stunning first-half display of power and pace . |
| 5 | David Lodge , whose experience as novelist , critic , and professor of English has given him many insights into the situation I am describing , provides in his recent novel Nice Work , a neat instance of the gap between students and teacher . |
| 6 | The sport has given him all this , and could take him from it in an instant . |
| 7 | He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern . |
| 8 | Odd-Knut has given him some eggs that turn out to be frozen . |
| 9 | England manager Graham Taylor has given him this Saturday off to attend the wedding of his sister Anne-Marie . |
| 10 | His baggy rambles about his day-to-day , metropolitan life , and his energetic use of his body in his joke-telling ( he calls it ‘ physicalising ’ , but then he did drama at university ) has earned him two appearances on Tonight With Jonathan Ross , about a million bookings per week on the London circuit , and a place in the hearts of audiences and promoters . |
| 11 | He can not see why cash which has earned him monthly interest running into five figures should be squandered for the sake of a perceived way of life that is now beset by escalating economic and political pressure . |
| 12 | Now he has decamped to Hollywood , where his blandly commercial approach and hit track record has won him this prestigious assignment , a high-concept , low-intelligence star vehicle . |
| 13 | His brother has lent him some for the time being , but Mr Szuluk says without proper clothes , he ca n't get a job . |
| 14 | The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God . |
| 15 | There was a time when he was forced to publish his own works , but now Arthur Barker has done him proud with Rugby League : An Illustrated History . |
| 16 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
| 19 | His amusing analysis of human frailty has made him one of the folk world 's more unlikely heroes — a bard who takes the knocks but never shows the bruising . |
| 20 | ‘ Playing and working outside , and eating good Yorkshire food , has made him strong . |
| 21 | She has made him more of an Expressionist than he really was but she has realised an essential truth : that Heartbreak House is a deeply poetic play about the death of liberal hopes and the cracking-apart of a civilisation . |
| 22 | And Sister Souljah has got him worried . |
| 23 | ‘ As time has gone on , the whole thing has got him more and more down , so this is a great relief and a huge weight off his shoulders . |
| 24 | And in his 36 years in the profession , this approach has landed him several of the hottest potatoes going : campaigning for the British Institute proposals from the Scottish side ; merging his firm Thomson McLintock with Peats ; introducing graduate intake only at the Scottish Institute ; working on the Likierman report on professional liability ; and , last but by no means least , heading up the then newly-formed APB at a time when , in the public view , auditing was becoming increasingly discredited . |
| 25 | He married hometown girl Vera in 1971 and she has borne him five children , including twins . |
| 26 | And now the stroke has affected him that way . |
| 27 | But history has proved him correct in his belief that the problem of bureaucratic power could only be solved by a transformation of the class structure in which administration is carried on . |
| 28 | A prodigious runner , Mehew 's pace and fitness give Rovers the appearance of playing 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 at the same time and his willingness to get into the penalty area has brought him four goals already this season . |
| 29 | At present , his forthright batting has brought him 4690 Test runs , at the creditable average of 30.26 , with seven centuries . |
| 30 | Whilst initially not as financially rewarding , the change in direction has brought him increasing recognition . |