Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 5 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way . |
| 8 | That coincidence pleased him . |
| 9 | that experience changed him in every way . |
| 10 | The use of enamel , the brilliant understanding of colour , yes , that piece reminded him of Giuliano , though-the design was more subtle , less heavy . |
| 11 | The facelessness of that figure worried him deeply . |
| 12 | But his experiences of street life in Hackney and his boxing ventures in Bethnal Green taught him that blackness presented him with a unique set of problems . |
| 13 | " Do you think Mr Timothy 's asked that gypsy to marry him yet ? " |
| 14 | Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’ |
| 15 | As he left another spasm seized him . |
| 16 | Nkrumah announced another referendum to enable him to dismiss the judges and also to establish a one-party state . |
| 17 | Before he could do anything more another wave lifted him high into the foam-filled wind , then dizzyingly dropped him down into a hole in the ocean . |
| 18 | But her screams still echoed in his ears , ringing out into the night , summoning all his enemies , the whole world , who only wanted this opportunity to hound him , to tear him . |
| 19 | Furthermore , I do not see that fastening a label from ancient philosophy upon Wordsworth — in this case to call him a ‘ Pantheist ’ — is particularly helpful ; we are simply consigning him to a museum of dead ideas . |
| 20 | It seems that the main annalist 's fondness for tales of woe in this case led him to distort the facts , or that he was misled by sources which did so . |
| 21 | On the other hand , were every indication to be that there was no chance of the letter ever being posted — for example if the person was a known thief and there was no post-box within a hundred miles — then in this case giving him or her the letter would be regarded as stupid . |
| 22 | Even though some expert clauses do not specifically reserve the right for the parties to make submissions or representations to the expert ( see 8.15 ) , it is unlikely that this right will be lost through its omission , because the expert will usually want to receive submissions or representations of some kind to help him understand the issue he has to determine . |
| 23 | A few calls answered him . |
| 24 | May I visit the Hall this afternoon to meet him , do you think ? ’ |
| 25 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 26 | This split made him simultaneously very alert and extremely absent-minded , now on the ball , now off in a world of his own . |
| 27 | But her fears were groundless : the generation gap in this instance had him beached on a far shore . |
| 28 | ‘ He would , ’ Miss Hatherby chuckled , and they spent the next half hour discussing him . |
| 29 | Sir Paul would be grateful if Commander Dalgliesh could spare a few minutes to see him . |
| 30 | It does seem though , that nothing came of these leases , and during 1749 upon request by Sir William Fleming , one John Lawson ( a Quaker ) sent up Joseph Vipone to see the mines at Coniston and for this Lawson paid him 12s. plus 4s. for a horse for four days . |