Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He designed for others ( costumes for Diaghilev and embroidery for Schiaparelli ) , but he also ‘ designed ’ himself ; his unquenchable desire for fame and his talent for self-publicity made him the most photographed man in Paris . |
| 2 | The outbreak of war found him a colonel of fifty-eight , who had never served abroad . |
| 3 | And I said do you want a piece of paper to write him a message or something ? |
| 4 | ‘ residential occupier , ’ in relation to any premises , means a person occupying the premises as a residence , whether under a contract or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law giving him the right to remain in occupation or restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . |
| 5 | 1 ( 1 ) In this section " residential occupier " , in relation to any premises , means a person occupying the premises as a residence , whether under a contract or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law giving him the right to remain in occupation or restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . |
| 6 | As a challenge the chief of the Poltava guberniia Department of Education offered him the directorship of this residential school for war-orphans . |
| 7 | Weston 's 1920 From Ritual to Romance gave him the tarot pack and backed up Frazer 's emphasis on links between sexuality and religion . |
| 8 | It was pitiful , the broken blade of a dagger that he had bound with strips of rag to give him a handle , and sharpened as best he could on the edge of the stone under the window ; the worn hollow , paler in colour , was there to be seen . |
| 9 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 10 | In addition Norman 's capacity for enjoyment made him an excellent companion on their trips abroad . |
| 11 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 12 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 13 | It was addressed to Miss Stella Mawson , Lavender Cottage , Chevisham , but the postman was a local man and the difference in name caused him no confusion . |
| 14 | All this focus on time gave him a sense of peace , and he died an hour after the worker had left him . |
| 15 | But then the pointlessness of unemployment gave him no pleasure . |
| 16 | But at the work-place the pursuit of profit allows him no time to be distracted with personal pursuits better attended to elsewhere . |
| 17 | The script had him deliver a line that was in sharp contrast to most of the seemingly right-wing reactionary statements he was making whenever a camera was n't turning or when a curtain was not up : ‘ Extraordinary theory — you bend a child double in order to give him an upright character . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He claims that I employed him as an assistant in order to find him a real job . ’ |
| 19 | We want him for a month on loan to give him a proper chance . ’ |
| 20 | It was held that the settlor had retained an interest in the accumulated income because the payments of income gave him the benefit of being able to withdraw his capital deposited at the bank . |
| 21 | He has always looked a chaser and his unexpected achievements over flimsy flights of timber make him a most exciting prospect . |
| 22 | He was more than a little inclined to pomposity ( ‘ I am bound to speak in terms of high eulogium on the subject of Rouen 's literary reputation ’ ) , but his fussiness over detail makes him a useful informant . |
| 23 | At the most he could try to plead some implied term into the contract that the goods would last for a reasonable time after delivery to allow him a reasonable period of trouble-free use . |
| 24 | Edward , his half-brother , succeeded , aged about 38 years , and he remained as King for twenty-four years , during which time his endeavours towards sainthood earned him the title of The Confessor . |
| 25 | His occupation as a City merchant and his great interest in horticulture gave him an advantageous position amongst a wide circle of friends , both at home and abroad . |
| 26 | To soften his feelings , however , we learned that the Professor from time to time gave him a fee which far exceeded the amount of the toll … just by the Bridge , turnstiles admitted foot-passengers to pass by different paths , intersecting the large extent of open ground , some of this led to Somers Town , Red Lion Street , etc … here and there , especially at the lower portion of the [ College ] ground , walls were standing , some of them being eight or ten feet high . ’ |