Example sentences of "[vb base] him a " in BNC.

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1 Send him a wire as you leave town .
2 I shall make sure that I send him a copy of my speech tomorrow , which will give detail after detail of what is actually taking place in the valleys .
3 When the trial began in late February 1710 , huge crowds gathered to escort the doctor back and forth from his lodgings to Westminster Hall , shouting that they wished " God would Bless him and send him a happy deliverance " .
4 All you need to know about Brian is that in the Sixties one of his friends send him a postcard of planet Earth with a message saying : ‘ Wish you were here . ’
5 They send him a free one every six months !
6 She was screwing up the courage to suggest she cook him a meal over the weekend when he glanced at his watch .
7 We argue about whether everyone has a right that the state protect him from assaults by other citizens , or provide him a decent level of medical care , or guarantee his security from attack by foreign powers .
8 It was more a family , really , than a deputation , excluding the Bishop , of course : Aethelric of Durham , whom the monks had wanted to disown after that business eight years ago , until he had had to go to Siward and slip him a bit of St Cuthbert 's best to get him reinstated .
9 Known for being something of a perfectionist when it comes to his equipment , Murray had Martin Petersen , whose work has been favourably reviewed in Guitarist , build him a bass last year .
10 ‘ The days must go when they can wake up a judge at dead of night , give him a drop of brandy , show him a headline from The Sun and get him to sign an injunction , ’ Mr Todd said .
11 Syd Tierney , NEC member ‘ The days must go when they can wake a judge at dead of night , give him a drop of brandy , show him a headline from The Sun , and get him to sign an injunction . ’
12 THE days must go when they can wake up a judge at dead of night , give him a drop of brandy , show him a headline in The Sun , and get him to sign an injunction .
13 Wilson is a simple man like most policemen , show him a body and he wants to know whose it is , how it died and who 's responsible .
14 Show him a little local colour .
15 That last series cost him a Test average over 50 as he dipped to 49.49 , finishing with 3,860 runs from his 51 Tests , with nine centuries .
16 I cost him a lot in little things , but I know he wants me to ask for something big .
17 Only cost him a couple of quid . ’
18 You do n't really want Fabbiano to find out that one of his little girls cost him a whoppin' big order . ’
19 You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere
20 Nick 's is very eh , expensive in Holland it 's cost him a lot of money .
21 cost him a fortune !
22 And the work that he had tried to prevent will now , ironically , endow his old age , even afford him a comfortable subsistence : this work which was viewed as such unprofitable employment
23 What happened was there was a burglar and er they went downstairs and they him over the head and then they put him a chair and they got the and he goes , what shall we , what shall we wrap him up in ?
24 Let him a do mummy , let him
25 Not only did David 's suggestion earn him a Winning Ideas Gold Award and the tidy sum of £1,000 but also a luxury trip to the Imola San Marino Grand Prix .
26 After playing no competitive chess for 20 years , Fischer 's comeback in beating Spassky — still an active player and rated in the top 100 players in the world — by 10 games to 5 with 15 draws is a remarkable achievement that would ( if it was rated ) earn him a place in the world 's top ten players .
27 Michael Bridges , the scientific journalist who first revealed to the public at large that this project existed — and we all owe him a great debt … ’
28 There are many of us who owe him a great deal .
29 We in the North owe him a considerable debt for the enthusiasm and perception he has shown in building up the schools ' collection of works of art now owned by the County Council .
30 Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’
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