Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | On subsequent visits to Spain Minton did reveal enough knowledge of Spanish to engage locals in conversations in bars , but in 1949 the only Spanish Bernard heard him say was ‘ No , melón ! ’ to a waiter . |
| 2 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 3 | His political inclinations got him into trouble again in 1940 , however . |
| 4 | Michael Rayer has given the selectors so little excuse to drop him , has been so sound in all aspects of play , that he has consigned possibly the most dangerous prong of the Welsh attack to the replacements ' bench . |
| 5 | He had toyed with the fantasy of sleeping with her ; the rich smell aroused him . |
| 6 | Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight . |
| 7 | That upbringing served him well for Robert Redford 's Thirties drama The River Runs Through It , adapted from a novel by Norman MacLean about family conflict and fly fishing . |
| 8 | Her calm , lazy response made him laugh . |
| 9 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 10 | His advanced views made him unpopular with many of the clergy . |
| 11 | And , when the cast of The Hooded Owl met him , they could understand why . |
| 12 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 13 | For a moment he thought there was a double meaning in her words , but he dismissed the thought when he recognised it was one of her usual openings to draw him into conversation . |
| 14 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 15 | After all , just look round any bar and you 'll see that everybody there , myself included ( you too if it 's your kind of bar ) , has in their time been both The Boy and The Older Man , both Banker and Domestic , Ingenue and Other Woman , booted Prince and stirrup-holding Groom — but I do n't mean either that you should have complete license to make him look just how you wish ; I do n't want to think of anyone hearing this story and grinning and thinking of Boy as some permanently , conveniently smiling blue-eyed blonde , because he was not that in any way and that is not what he meant to us . |
| 16 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 17 | Of Burke 's politics Johnson believed , as he did of any political opponent , that honesty deserted him when embroiled politically , only to return when engaged conversationally or intellectually . |
| 18 | He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way . |
| 19 | That coincidence pleased him . |
| 20 | His withered skin mummifies him , though those old Golconda eyes are golden-black still . |
| 21 | My father , by his own efforts , got into the commissioned classes , but lack of a private income forced him to leave his chosen regiment and find a less fashionable , less expensive one . |
| 22 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 23 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 24 | How had he managed to confirm his own legitimacy , reduce the legitimacy of Vichy , resist Allied attempts to marginalize him , and gain the recognition of the resistance movements ? |
| 25 | that experience changed him in every way . |
| 26 | The use of enamel , the brilliant understanding of colour , yes , that piece reminded him of Giuliano , though-the design was more subtle , less heavy . |
| 27 | The sight of a wounded soldier left him raw and angry . |
| 28 | The soft lines of the sweatshirt that moulded the broad shoulders gave him an air of easy , masculine power , and the blue almost exactly matched the blue of his eyes . |
| 29 | The facelessness of that figure worried him deeply . |
| 30 | Her hazel eyes flayed him . |