Example sentences of "him an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gives him an unrivalled knowledge of the way in which banks operate , and contacts inside them . |
| 2 | Auguste shot him an indignant glance . |
| 3 | She named him Albert , and gave him an insatiable appetite for ropes . |
| 4 | Philip had opened the proceedings by again suggesting an exchange of conquests , but Richard opposed this , arguing that this would mean that he gave up lands , including the Quercy , which brought him an annual revenue of a thousand marks or more , in return for estates in Berry which , though they were fiefs belonging to Aquitaine , were in fact held by other lords and so were of very little direct financial benefit to him . |
| 5 | In 1925 the Post Office , which operated independently or through other licensees outside London , went to the length of installing , for a private subscriber in Eastbourne , a free line to St Andrew 's Church 933 yards away , and charged him an annual rental of £1 17 6d ( £1 8712 ) under a three-year contract . |
| 6 | She gave him an indifferent look then turned her attention to another potential customer . |
| 7 | He turned his head to look at Shiva , cast on him an indifferent glance , and turned away . |
| 8 | She shot him an alarmed look . |
| 9 | His death at the age of twenty-four made him an instant legend . |
| 10 | With his splendid physique and proud , noble head his presence is such as to give him an instant advantage over any bowler , and he has rarely failed to put that advantage to use ; spinners in particular have suffered at his hands , but when he decides that he wants to score runs it is virtually impossible to bowl to him . |
| 11 | His solitary life had made him an accurate observer of wild creatures , and to him humans were but other creatures , rare , but the most dangerous and observable of all . |
| 12 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |
| 13 | The man was elevated and screened-in like an auctioneer , to deter attack and to give him an overall view of every part of the shop . |
| 14 | Again Laura shot him an uncertain glance , then returned her attention to the fire . |
| 15 | He said nothing more and Maggie shot him an intrigued look . |
| 16 | If Philiphaugh was a mark in Craigbarnet 's favour with the Montrose interest , and his ancestor 's service with the Great Marquis deserved reward , his own participation in the 1715 Rising and his continuing Jacobitism made him an undesirable ally for a Whig politician like Montrose . |
| 17 | The terrible bitterness against his parents that had led to his writing a book meant to shock them had faded into indifference ; yet there lingered in him an understandable vindictiveness . |
| 18 | He was the only Ryan to wear glasses , which he was forever pushing higher on his nose , the thick lenses giving him an owlish appearance . |
| 19 | The dummy is nonetheless a vital element in the scrum-half 's armoury in order to buy that odd half-second of time ; for example , in a scrum where a flanker or scrum-half is set to pounce as the ball lies at the opposing no.8 's feet , a dummy for the no.9 would ( 1 ) remind the players where the off-side line is , and ( 2 ) buy him an extra second of time to distribute the ball , and ( 3 ) avoid potential injury from being flattened by his opponents and , controversially … ( 4 ) earn the chance of a penalty . |
| 20 | brought him an extra day in some beer ad . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's run in with more self-belief , ’ he explained , ‘ and that has given him an extra bit of nip to beat the bat . |
| 22 | They met him and agreed to pay him an extra £10,300 at £575 per flat to ensure that he continued with the work and completed on time . |
| 23 | TEST audiences hated the ending to comic Eddie Murphy 's latest movie , so Disney Pictures paid him an extra £500,000 to shoot another . |
| 24 | Haslam 's exposure to the worldwide business scene nevertheless gives him an extra dimension with which to tackle the British Coal job . |
| 25 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 26 | Moreover , the incentive to the departmental manager will completely disappear when he/she realises that there is no virement : Thus , even if he can reduce his capital charge by £500 per month , this will not give him an extra £300 to spend on other items . |
| 27 | The rain brings him an end-of-time vision , solitary as his sense of humour , of flooding cellars and emerging rats . |
| 28 | Grown-up in his own fisherman 's kingdom , his cruelty brands him an emblematic villain . |
| 29 | By the time he did , her new book was out and her publishers had sent him an advance copy . |
| 30 | Philip would sprinkle sugar on Richard 's morning cereal ; lend him clothes ; buy him an expensive raincoat — although he was a thrifty man . |