Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got the porter to buy him aftershave , but they did n't sell his musky expensive brand in Perth so he had to make do with a cheaper one from the tourist shop . |
| 2 | The artillery Colonel asked for permission to return the fire , but the Prince ordered him to wait till the enemy infantry was in sight . |
| 3 | The abruptness of the change made him shudder . |
| 4 | The landlord , who felt that the explanation — indeed , to all intents and purposes , the apology — he had made for his wife was more than enough to compensate for any gentlemanly inconvenience , was about to get back to his work in the fields when his visitor 's too casually direct questions about the mines charged him to stay . |
| 5 | The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate . |
| 6 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 7 | Yet she had n't the heart to forbid him to smoke when he had so few comforts left . |
| 8 | Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat-soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . |
| 9 | If one quarter , in value , of the creditors request him to convene a meeting to appoint a new trustee , he must do so ( s 300(3) ) . |
| 10 | The smell accompanying him suggested he 'd brought fresh coffee beans . |
| 11 | The deputies ordered him to do so by July . |
| 12 | It can not be doubted that the constable was ‘ on duty ’ when he stopped the cyclist , and he was no doubt under some sort of obligation to stop the cyclist to enable him to bring the defendant before the court ultimately . |
| 13 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 14 | Gould received an official apology from West Midlands police yesterday over their part in the decision to force him to stay away from the Cup replay , but he may still take legal action . |
| 15 | And the prospect of the buyer forced him to concentrate . |
| 16 | Where customary , the seller must give sufficient information to the buyer to enable him to insure the goods whilst in transit by sea , section 32(3) . |
| 17 | The seller will normally send by air to the buyer some documents : one will be the bill of lading transferred to the buyer to enable him to collect the goods at their port of destination ; another will be a bill of exchange which the buyer will normally sign and return thereby undertaking to pay for the goods on the date specified on the bill of exchange . |
| 18 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 19 | The place where that service was performed was the place where the sub-licensee did what the grant enabled him to do without being stopped by the taxpayer . |
| 20 | Enough of him had , however , remained in the present to enable him to present a powerful case for the area 's preservation and to prophesy that the objectors would win . |
| 21 | The court heard how he intended to use the drug to help him relax while filming for HTV in South Wales . |
| 22 | He raised his hands in the boxer 's victory salute to acknowledge the roar of applause from the cheerleaders that began as soon as the eulogy to announce him had ended . |
| 23 | This DC is the authority given by LIFESPAN to the user to allow him to update the new package . |
| 24 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 25 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 26 | From that it was just a short step to encouraging the animals to help him hunt , no doubt a piece of teamwork from which both benefited . |
| 27 | The yellow nylon shirt with the frothy frill amounts to an offence against taste bordering on the criminal , yet it somehow works to offset his complexion ( pale blue ) and the ensemble enables him to come on like a chat-show host from Hell — vast smiles and arms flung out in gestures of mock formality . |
| 28 | The Director of the Serious Fraud Office formed the opinion that the matter was appropriate for investigation by procedures under the Criminal Justice Act 1987and on 24 June served a notice on the applicant requiring him to attend for interview at her offices and answer questions or otherwise furnish information . |
| 29 | Mr Honecker is up a pole and all the ladders offered him to climb down would be an admission of failure . |
| 30 | The man chuckled and the action caused him to start coughing . |