Example sentences of "he [det] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in the spring of 1105 Anselm received a letter from the pope telling him that sentence of excommunication had been passed on Robert of Meulan and other royal counsellors , but that sentence on the king was delayed because the messengers whom the king ought to have sent to Rome before Easter had not arrived . |
| 2 | All she 'd done was show him that photograph of Fabien , she remembered restively . |
| 3 | You can show him that string of polo ponies you 're so proud of . ’ |
| 4 | It was his profession that had brought him that shaft of insight , and he felt mildly safer because of it . |
| 5 | And I think if if people like Thomson can sort of give him that sort of service he 's going to make life awfully difficult for the Forest de central defence . |
| 6 | ‘ Not for ages ; I should n't think we 'll see him this side of Christmas , ’ her mother cheerfully squashed Leith 's hopes — Christmas was seven months away ! |
| 7 | Incidentally , the hero of the end of the week , when the going was really hard , namely our Church Officer 's young grandson , Steven Massey , said to Frances Robertson when she offered him this form of sustenance ‘ Well , I do n't know about the Turkish , but you 're certainly a delight . ’ |
| 8 | but with her being ill it , she says it gave him another sense of duty that |
| 9 | As they departed an Annamese servant appeared soundlessly at Joseph Sherman 's elbow , offering him another glass of champagne . |
| 10 | As soon as we have found him another set of legs he 'll be out and about again , do you think he 'll mind walking on his hands for now ? |
| 11 | A nurse has secretly slipped him some strips of paper in his hands . |
| 12 | When bidding farewell to Porua , I tried to extract from him some word of praise for my activities on behalf of his paper . |
| 13 | One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince . |
| 14 | I was trying to find him some couple of pairs of socks but I could n't find anything I liked . |
| 15 | Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold . |
| 16 | He hoped Barbara could read the sub-text here : that if she was offering him some kind of invitation — and he was not for a moment suggesting that he was worthy of such a thing if she were — then he was regretfully declining it , on the understanding that both of them knew why . |
| 17 | You 've got to give him some sort of motivation . |
| 18 | Souness admitted : ‘ The temptation is to give him some sort of outing whether it 's half an hour or even a half . |
| 19 | He stuffed the bundle of papers into his pocket and pulled a face , as if the toothpick was causing him some sort of pain . |
| 20 | ‘ The idea is we are going to try and do something with his hands to see if we can give him some form of grip . ’ |
| 21 | He pulled the knot on the belt , then re-tied it , tighter , as if the gesture afforded him some feeling of protection . |
| 22 | She hoped such a threat would put the fear of God in him , not least because he had a particular loathing for competition , and the idea that his own stepson might join forces with the opposition and take with him all manner of secrets was too much to stomach . |
| 23 | Have + direct object + to can also evoke the idea of " having present for the purpose of " : ( 7a ) He had four examiners to ask him all sorts of questions . |
| 24 | ( 7b ) He had four examiners ask him all sorts of questions . |
| 25 | A a a and that 's gon na cause him all sorts of admin type er |
| 26 | It was not long before his medical knowledge had ingratiated him with the prison doctor and afforded him all sorts of privileges . |
| 27 | Swimming was one thing , going for a drink was something else entirely , and would probably give him all sorts of ideas . |
| 28 | That was a case in which a district board took it upon themselves to pull down Mr. Cooper 's house , which they regarded as unsatisfactory , and to burden him with the cost of demolition without having first given him any type of notice . |
| 29 | Never once had he shown him any kind of affection . |
| 30 | Thomas Throgmorton — was n't he some kind of banker ? |