Example sentences of "him [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to answer his question , but I could not tell him my terrible secret . |
| 2 | Oh , thank Earth-and-animals I had n't told him my real name ! |
| 3 | I could n't find out anything about him , not even where he lived , though I told him my entire address ( 17 Daffodil Cottages , Bourton-on-the-Water ) and my age ( nineteen ) and that my parents were in Saudi Arabia where my father was computerising oil production . |
| 4 | The hospital will give him my car-phone number and he 'll call me as we drive in … |
| 5 | ‘ I was just showing him my new Bluebird . ’ |
| 6 | I think I am oblidged to show him my good will , and to give him my interest upon this occasion ’ . |
| 7 | I showed him my tiny purse . |
| 8 | I gave him my full smile . |
| 9 | His eyes filled , but he did not know it was happening , this overflowing , until I reached down , wiped his face , showed him my wet fingers which he dried with his own . |
| 10 | I took Friday to the other side of the island and showed him my big canoe . |
| 11 | The day after doctors gave him their cautious opinion Roy gave away prizes for yet another cancer research fund-raising effort . |
| 12 | So he knew that if he instructed Marshalls to act for him they would charge him their normal fees for their work . |
| 13 | Sharpe , now hoping to put his nightmare behind him , told how he froze when doctors gave him their devastating diagnosis . |
| 14 | Players hide the studs from referees by showing him their reserve pair — complete with regulation studs — and them quickly switch before the game . |
| 15 | To be like other people : gardening at the weekend , scent of freshly-mown grass , children playing on the lawn ; wife in a cotton dress , long-legged , her smile sharing with him their private memories , future secured . |
| 16 | He proceeds to mooch about in a hang-dog way until he runs across his younger brother , quiet student Dennis ( William Sage ) who informs him their long-lost father has just been arrested for bombing the Pentagon 20 years previously . |
| 17 | As for the supposedly devastating impact of the John Major Diary in Private Eye , of which I am also a co-author , I can only say that , despite the article 's prediction , it did not seem to stand in the way of a gratifying number of people giving him their enthusiastic support on Thursday — including myself . |
| 18 | They agreed to this and even gave him their headed notepaper to use in ordering . |
| 19 | ‘ They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 20 | They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 21 | Mellor was 30 when the voters of Putney in West London elected him their Tory MP in 1979 — the election that swept Margaret Thatcher to power . |
| 22 | After staying at Croisset she sent him her complete works ( in the 77-volume edition ) . |
| 23 | Her fortitude was such that she did not need to unload on to him her emotional worries . |
| 24 | Dumpy , down-to-earth Nellie faced facts and realised people would spot the difference in age between herself and Robert , so decided to confuse them all by calling him her adopted son . |
| 25 | In spite of the anxiety she had recently undergone , she was the picture of health , and Roger 's heart warmed — as everyone 's did — when she gave him her radiant smile . |
| 26 | He was sitting next to Charity , however , and she was giving him her sole attention . |
| 27 | But she could not tell him her real reason for trying to dissuade him . |
| 28 | She gave him her cool cheek to kiss . |
| 29 | When she reached her own room , she had decided never to tell him her great secret . |
| 30 | At Question Time today , the Prime Minister , in ruling out a referendum , boasted that the right hon. Lady in her speech yesterday had promised him her full support . |