Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter gestured him over . |
| 2 | The carpenter looked at him , then at Benedicta and , throwing back his head , laughed hysterically until the porter struck him across the face . |
| 3 | He got the porter to buy him aftershave , but they did n't sell his musky expensive brand in Perth so he had to make do with a cheaper one from the tourist shop . |
| 4 | The ferocity of the response hurt him deeply , although he could say , ‘ I told you so ’ with ICI 's announcement that it is to split into two to enhance shareholder value . |
| 5 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 6 | That evening , Bunker phoned Peters at The Inn on the Park to tell him that he had called an emergency meeting of plant conveners to help resolve the Merseyside problem . |
| 7 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 8 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 9 | Mr Siddique said his members understood that Mr Rushdie was protected under British law , but said : ‘ I would welcome the opportunity to kill him myself if he was in an Islamic country . ’ |
| 10 | Along with a man called Renwick Dennison , they trailed Dale for days , but the opportunity to kill him never arose , said Mr Langdale . |
| 11 | You filthy stinking — ’ Several Repo Men took the opportunity to club him to his knees . |
| 12 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 13 | I also take the opportunity to inform him and the House that the people of Leicestershire have been shattered and appalled by the relevations of abuse in our children 's homes . |
| 14 | At the other end the Vice-President of the United States of America used language for several minutes that would have lost him the votes of the Moral Majority , had those good citizens had the opportunity to hear him . |
| 15 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 16 | And the moment he mentioned his stepmother she 'd be given the opportunity to tell him how very unhappy Bertha had become . |
| 17 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 18 | He was delighted to receive visitors but charged Mike £50 for the opportunity to photograph him . |
| 19 | When he became available the opportunity to sign him was too good to pass up . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The majority revere him in spite of all he 's done , ’ said a US official . |
| 21 | In the event , Tyndale 's unorthodox beliefs and his lack of support for the annulment prevented him from having any direct impact on royal policy . |
| 22 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 23 | The crowds loved him and he wanted to be rewarded accordingly . |
| 24 | The crowds adore him , and he knows it . |
| 25 | The RSPCA took him on because his owners could n't afford the vet 's bill . |
| 26 | Instead his owner , 18-year-old Helen Woodruff from Walcot in Swindon , ignored advice to have him treated , and when the RSPCA found him 6 weeks later the wound was so swollen that Capri was in agony . |
| 27 | But when the RSPCA found him in January , he was in a starved condition , his ribs and hip bones showing through , and his back legs hardly able to support him . |
| 28 | When the RSPCA found him , he had to be destroyed . |
| 29 | Home again , he shot off an urgent request to Theo for some Ingres paper that was not blindingly white — the whiteness hampered him — and stout enough to withstand his attacks on it with a reed pen . |
| 30 | ‘ One of the labourers recognised him . |