Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.

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1 William Temple got him an honouring invitation , as a delegate to the vast ecumenical conference at Edinburgh in 1937 .
2 This is what Charlie looked like when Monica and Roger King took him into their home in Milton Keynes .
3 When Lincoln University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate ( 1951 ) his delight was obvious .
4 Kenneth Branagh hired him to direct his Coriolanus at Chichester this summer after seeing his Billy Budd in Sheffield .
5 Frank Packman tries his running skills at full-back in place of Hunter with Ben Ward succeeding him on the right .
6 Herr Nordern told him , barking savagely at an innocent Paul who poked his head around the door to ask what time they wanted lunch .
7 But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow .
8 Patrick Devlin regarded him as the most effective speaker of his time :
9 When Kendall left , Colin Harvey moved him to right-back after a season .
10 luc says he 's going to enjoy playing in England … because the way Swindon play suits him
11 When I heard Deane had begged the Sheffield board to let him come to Leeds , I was really pleased that we had someone who really wanted to be here .
12 The Mobile Moustache — as Ian Chappell calls him — was the bowler who won the match for Australia .
13 Alex Salmond did n't go looking for a fight but Ian Lang gave him one anyway .
14 Mountbatten 's task was not simplified when General MacArthur saddled him with the additional responsibility of taking over Indonesia and Indo-China , previously within the American sphere .
15 Very few people took Gedge 's humour the wrong way , but on one of those occasions an NME reviewer labelled him a ‘ gawky , arrogant mighty mouth . ’
16 As a teacher Blamey is gratefully remembered by many of his students Jacqueline Rizivi remembers him as one of the most effective teachers at Chelsea ‘ He taught a ‘ state of mind ’ , an honesty , a need to look clearly and precisely at any object or figure .
17 It was a crushing victory that immediately promoted bookmakers William Hill to make him 8–11 to become undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1993 .
18 RSPCA inspectors found him after combing the area for an hour following a tip off .
19 Mary Pat Kelly met him first in the mop room of the convent where she was studying to be a nun .
20 He went to the podium , reportedly pushing aside deputy general secretary Volodymyr Ivashko who tried to restrain him , after hearing fierce criticism , including a speech by Russian Federation Communist Party ( CP ) leader Ivan Polozkov accusing him of " abandoning the party " and criticizing the lack of harsh measures to restore order .
21 David Straney increased Glenavon 's lead when the Larne defence allowed him time and space to score .
22 An eventful match for the recalled David Gower say him become England 's most-capped player and , with this boundary off Aqib , England 's highest runscorer , surpassing Geoff Boycott 's old record
23 You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover .
24 However , the Dulwich experience taught him to toughen up .
25 On New Year 's Day of 1848 , friendly Nez Perce escorted him out of their lands to Fort Walla Walla .
26 Johnny Kelly turned him inside out , dizzied him , nutmegged him , played with him like a yo-yo and when Ramsey finally collapsed in the mud as Kelly cut inside him , a voice on the terraces said : ‘ Ramsey , tha'rt about as much use as a chocolate teapot . ’
27 Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble .
28 ‘ The powers that be in MI5 , by the way , believed enough in Mills being a KGB agent to offer him immunity from prosecution in exchange for confession and cooperation .
29 It is easy to see why Richard Strauss admired him so much : there is not only the immense natural craftsmanship , but an ease of invention comparable to his own and indeed in one or two places containing suggestions of some of his own harmonic manner .
30 So it was a stroke of luck when a friend scrapping an old Volvo car gave him a complete system to fit to his tractor .
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