Sentence examples for procuring him from inspiring English sources

She starts out wanting to cure the Joker, but soon she's inadvertently telling him she'll do anything for him and procuring him a machine gun.

I imagined putting my hospital savvy to use, flushing his IV so he wouldn't have to wait for the nurse, procuring him an Xbox from the children's playroom.

In the chemistry department Ebsworth's potential was immediately spotted by the gentle professor of inorganic chemistry, Harry Emeleus, who was instrumental, after Ebsworth had gained a first class degree, in procuring him a research fellowship at King's (1957-59), the last year of which was spent at Princeton.

brought recognition from the statesman Sir Edward Grey, who procured him a state pension in 1901.

Bloembergen's research in nonlinear optics helped procure him a share of the Nobel Prize.

Juan Pérez of La Rábida had been one of the queen's confessors and perhaps procured him the crucial audience.

W.H". in the dedication is thought by some to be the person who procured him his copy.

As originally conceived, Verdi's Duke is a licentious ruler attended to by crude courtiers who procure him women and envy his power.

Canton's invention of a new way to make artificial magnets helped procure him the Copley Medal (1751) and a fellowship in the Royal Society.

Creevey was a Whig and a follower of Charles James Fox, and his active intellect and social qualities procured him a considerable intimacy with the leaders of this political circle.

His books on ornithological studies (Argentine Ornithology, 1888 89; British Birds, 1895; etc). brought recognition from the statesman Sir Edward Grey, who procured him a state pension in 1901.