Example sentences of "have [verb] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool .
2 When that news hits him , the narrator seems to crumble , even though a premonitory dream the night before has readied him for the shock .
3 In America , where they have a fondness for creating lists of the greatest ever people , his Plight of English has placed him among the very top writers on the English language .
4 ‘ a very long boy , with a very little head , and an open mouth of disproportionate capacity ’ , devotedly attached to Betty Higden who has rescued him from the workhouse in which he has been brought up , having been a foundling child .
5 PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level .
6 SUN man Paul Welford has reported him to the police , and Flashman said : ‘ If people want to do that , then fair enough .
7 Deuce , a pimp , has added him to a clutch of boys he is taking to a hotel .
8 One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman .
9 The huge international interest in Brightness which followed his escape to freedom in Turkish waters , has turned him into a valuable commodity .
10 ‘ His addiction has turned him into a cheat and a liar ’
11 It has made him into a bitter man and I quite understand that bitterness .
12 He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead .
13 But while many small traders blame the lenders for many of their difficulties Mr Miller says the Royal Bank of Scotland has helped him through the downturn by being flexible .
14 Although he left no explicit statement of belief , recent scholarship has shown him as a consistent sponsor of reform , both in his local activities and as an intermediary between suitors and the Crown .
15 The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet .
16 But Mrs Thatcher has told him in the Commons the Government 's not to blame :
17 His belief in independence for Scotland has drawn him to the heart of the Scottish National Party .
18 The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market .
19 One research scientist , a friend of mine said that the setting up of a particularly apt experiment has lead him to a sense of the beautiful .
20 ‘ Maverick limey has negotiated the hell-fire of the Brain and the almighty trail-boss Midwinter has summoned him for a special assignment . ’
21 But though the jungle morass has gripped him to the knees
22 But his choice of verse form has condemned him to the weakness which mars all attempts to match the Horatian strophe with the English quatrain — the weakness of expansion .
23 No other wave since has deposited him in the river .
24 But she has lured him into a giant press , through which she has crawled , and is just able to throw the switch .
25 The official receiver or whoever is the chairman of the meeting must certify the appointment of the trustee , but not until the per son appointed has provided him with a written statement that he is a qualified insolvency practitioner and consents to act ( r 6.120(2) ) .
26 Mr Grainger , who believes that the association could be the first of its kind in the country , has contacted the American Brain Tumour Association which has provided him with a wealth of information .
27 Mr Grainger , who believes that the association could be the first of its kind in the country , has contacted the American Brain Tumour Association which has provided him with a wealth of information .
28 So a new ball Lewis This his third chance Stone has found him in the end .
29 A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) .
30 ‘ Francis has remembered him in a codicil to his Will drawn up in Nassau .
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