Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 2 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 3 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 4 | Willie tapped Zach 's shoulder but he had already read his mind and he handed him a couple . |
| 5 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 6 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 7 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |
| 8 | In what seems a somewhat specious argument , she urges Leo to bathe with her in the fire so that their mortal sins may be purged : but although the fire at first seems to do her no harm as she shows him the way into it , the self-seeking nature of her love becomes evident as her ageless beauty is destroyed : |
| 9 | Fran brought her thoughts back to the moment , forcing a slight , polite smile to her lips as she flicked him a quick sideways glance . |
| 10 | There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking . |
| 11 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 12 | The sea was such a mess that it took him a few moments to be sure of the reef . |
| 13 | We stroll arm in arm to the nearest pub and I buy him a freedom drink and lunch ; a pint of stout and a Ploughman 's . |
| 14 | Two more of the nave lights had been switched on but the church was still dim compared with the harsh glare of the arc lights trained on the scene and it took him a minute to locate Father Barnes , a dark shape at the end of the first row of chairs under the pulpit . |
| 15 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 16 | That was what he meant to Mrs Sairellen Thackray as she served him the first of her good dinners of boiled beef and potatoes and onions towards which the town 's Chartists had all made their contributions . |
| 17 | A BEER-loving juror astonished a judge when he slipped him a note asking : ‘ When is it dinner time ? ’ |
| 18 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 19 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 20 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 21 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 22 | He was a gentleman doing his job and I bore him no malice . |
| 23 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
| 24 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 25 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
| 26 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 27 | Recently I 'd been punched and kicked to the ground by a teacher because I called him a queer . |
| 28 | He was right next to the linesman when he called him a name and he deserved to go . |
| 29 | Adam took his GCSEs four years early and staff at St Hugh 's College Oxford were so impressed by his brilliance that they offered him a place . |
| 30 | a Chinese girl she 's living in it , in a kind of a real dive of loft thing to do her art and she gives him the odd painting instead of paying rent . |