Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 2 | Michael Rayer has given the selectors so little excuse to drop him , has been so sound in all aspects of play , that he has consigned possibly the most dangerous prong of the Welsh attack to the replacements ' bench . |
| 3 | He had toyed with the fantasy of sleeping with her ; the rich smell aroused him . |
| 4 | Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight . |
| 5 | That upbringing served him well for Robert Redford 's Thirties drama The River Runs Through It , adapted from a novel by Norman MacLean about family conflict and fly fishing . |
| 6 | Her calm , lazy response made him laugh . |
| 7 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 8 | And , when the cast of The Hooded Owl met him , they could understand why . |
| 9 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 10 | After all , just look round any bar and you 'll see that everybody there , myself included ( you too if it 's your kind of bar ) , has in their time been both The Boy and The Older Man , both Banker and Domestic , Ingenue and Other Woman , booted Prince and stirrup-holding Groom — but I do n't mean either that you should have complete license to make him look just how you wish ; I do n't want to think of anyone hearing this story and grinning and thinking of Boy as some permanently , conveniently smiling blue-eyed blonde , because he was not that in any way and that is not what he meant to us . |
| 11 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 12 | Of Burke 's politics Johnson believed , as he did of any political opponent , that honesty deserted him when embroiled politically , only to return when engaged conversationally or intellectually . |
| 13 | He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way . |
| 14 | That coincidence pleased him . |
| 15 | His withered skin mummifies him , though those old Golconda eyes are golden-black still . |
| 16 | My father , by his own efforts , got into the commissioned classes , but lack of a private income forced him to leave his chosen regiment and find a less fashionable , less expensive one . |
| 17 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 18 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 19 | that experience changed him in every way . |
| 20 | The use of enamel , the brilliant understanding of colour , yes , that piece reminded him of Giuliano , though-the design was more subtle , less heavy . |
| 21 | The sight of a wounded soldier left him raw and angry . |
| 22 | The facelessness of that figure worried him deeply . |
| 23 | He took hundreds and hundreds of acid trips , and real strong stock enabled him to do it . |
| 24 | INTREPID David Bradshaw broke the Great Bognor Birdman record yesterday — but winning the wacky contest cost him dearly . |
| 25 | In this instant , a stronger bit might help with the strong horse to stop him running through the rider 's hand . |
| 26 | Horrified by his latest intentions , they were perhaps genuinely considering a last-ditch attempt to save him from himself . |
| 27 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 28 | But his experiences of street life in Hackney and his boxing ventures in Bethnal Green taught him that blackness presented him with a unique set of problems . |
| 29 | " Do you think Mr Timothy 's asked that gypsy to marry him yet ? " |
| 30 | The idea that a minister should have a political associate to assist him is not new . |