Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] [vb pp] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | His European contacts have given him ideas — such as the Dutch government 's research projects to look into the specific health needs of the country 's future . |
| 2 | An ugly modern extension obscures part of the Godfrey building at present and Moran says his architectural consultants have advised him to apply for permission to remove it and replace it with a gatehouse . |
| 3 | Does the Secretary of State realise that the British people have rumbled him and his colleagues ? |
| 4 | ‘ Tell Mr Maitland his old friends have paid him a visit , ’ the man said in a cultured voice . |
| 5 | Similarly , his views on architecture , education and social issues have brought him much closer to the man in the street than any of his relatives . |
| 6 | Premier League central defenders have got him sussed . |
| 7 | In Australia , his try-scoring ability , self-effacing modesty and amazing longevity have set him apart . |
| 8 | TOKS AKPATA is a man whose love of the game and whose own sad injury have spurred him on his one-man campaign to make the rugby pitch a safer place . |
| 9 | His achievements as Labour leader have earned him respect and admiration , but he has not been able to appeal beyond the party in which he has made his life . |
| 10 | Supporters from his reforming days have deserted him ; some have denounced him . |
| 11 | Some great people have helped him . |
| 12 | Alfonzo ( inset ) reaches new heights of ursine designer chic : he wears a Cossack tunic and trousers to emphasise his Russian heredity , and his bright-red mohair fur is distressed to look as if generations of Grand Dukes have hugged him . |
| 13 | His gallic flair has illuminated Old Trafford and the United supporters have taken him to their hearts — they have even invented ( in their usual witty and original way ) a song which goes ‘ Ooh Aah Cantona , Ooh Aah cantona ’ . |
| 14 | An interesting example is the Count of Nordland who is the Prince of Marienburg from which the ruling Burgomeisters have forbidden him to return upon pain of death , Marienburg having seceded from the Empire . |
| 15 | His intense and unpredictable moods have earned him many enemies throughout the Empire . |
| 16 | Numerous analysts have castigated him , not just for the absence of a theory of modernization , but for the absence of any sort of mechanism and account of social change in his work . |
| 17 | Lou Macari 's attempts to wed a club steeped in sophistication to the long-ball game have brought him unpopularity in the dressing-room which will soon spread to the terraces if results do not improve . |
| 18 | Years of hard training , injuries and arduous touring have taken him ahead of British brothers Martin and Graham Bell , but have brought him little remuneration so far . |
| 19 | Trevor Steven : Rangers ' European commitments have cost him his place in the Graham Taylor 's England squad |
| 20 | Additionally , he 's been working with Left Hand Right Hand , who 've just toured the States , while his other musical activities have seen him involved with British Racing Green and Danielle Dax , with whom he plays bass from time to time . |
| 21 | Blake is one of the few techno artists who chooses to use his voice , and his semi-whispered seductions have earned him the title of ‘ The Prince Of Techno ’ . |
| 22 | His passionate compression , luxuriant sound , and eclectic mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Latinate , and Celtic diction have made him for many readers both the greatest of Victorians and the first of the moderns . |
| 23 | When she read about his new marriage she said , The yellow press have caught him , poor boy . |
| 24 | Such promotional campaigns have served him well . |
| 25 | The fishing habits of the angler banned from the British Pike Championship for allegedly using photographs of the same fish to claim three separate and spectacular catches have landed him in trouble again . |
| 26 | Secondly , to refuse to pay would be to deny the exalted status that Ephron and his fellow Hittites have accorded him . |
| 27 | Recent years have seen him broaden his horizons : he currently presents Metro , the London Weekend arts programme ; he wrote songs for Caryl Churchill 's Serious Money ; and established a career as an actor , appearing in Jim Cartwright 's Road and Peter Greenaway 's The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover . |
| 28 | Mr Mourou , whose efforts to reassure Tunisians of his party 's moderate aims have earned him the nickname ‘ Mr Valium ’ , has now suspended the party 's operations . |
| 29 | A shopkeeper whose premises have been smashed open by ramraiders twice in three weeks says his local council have stopped him installing protective security shutters . |
| 30 | If so , perhaps the explosion and the subsequent punishment have brought him to his senses , for an upsurge in his form was highlighted by a violent century against Leicestershire . |