Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His means , though unmentioned , derived from his family 's West Riding worsted mills , and were sufficient to give him a substantial independence from stipends . |
| 2 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
| 3 | It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance . |
| 4 | However , she was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 5 | Even the genial Binkie Beaumont was prepared to pay him a third of what the experienced Emlyn Williams knew he was worth and could get . |
| 6 | He had honestly believed he could take the place of everything she had ever known if only she was willing to give him the chance . |
| 7 | It was wrong to ask him a question . |
| 8 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |
| 9 | Before I left I was able to give him the good news about his friend Donald , one of the officers to whom we had given food and clothes on the banks of the Rovacchia . |
| 10 | When one of the men he had employed as a ploughman in the autumn came to the farm , more in hope than the expectation of finding any work , Seb was able to offer him a day 's pay . |
| 11 | The incredible thing was Luigi was happy to give him the shirt — that 's how important he was . ‘ |
| 12 | The daily combat practice sessions were starting to have an interesting effect on Alexei 's ability to control his temper , but since it was essential to beat him every time , they were also very hard work . |
| 13 | It was n't a full one , but it was enough to give him a little pain . |
| 14 | It was necessary to give him a pretty assertive grilling about it all . |
| 15 | She was anxious to see him the moment he arrived , and make sure he was all right after the trauma of the interview with the insurance investigator . |
| 16 | He was so damned humble that O'Hara was obliged to offer him a cup of coffee . |
| 17 | Maggie was ready to give him the glory , to return to him and stay with him forever . |