Example sentences of "[to-vb] him his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king had refused to grant him his temporalities and he sought exile in France . |
| 2 | For a start , Oliver would always provide the girls and I would always provide the money , though naturally I had to slip him his half of it beforehand so the girls would n't know who was really paying . |
| 3 | Late in 1903 , Dunlop asked Kilpatrick to sell him his half-share in the Baron so that he , Dunlop , could be sole owner . |
| 4 | A writes to B offering to sell him his horse Phineas for £100 . |
| 5 | A writes to B offering to sell him his horse Phineas for £100. ( i ) B posts a letter accepting , but he misdirects it and in consequence it is a week late in being delivered to A. Meanwhile A has sold Phineas to C. ( ii ) B , after posting a letter of acceptance to A , sends A a telegram cancelling ‘ my letter now in the post . ’ |
| 6 | But friends and well wishers rallied round and calling themselves Ashleys army , raised enough cash to buy him his own gymnasium . |
| 7 | I think that erm he 's almost there , we shall be able to award him his proficiency badge for his locksmithing after a few more tests . |
| 8 | Stewart and Olazabal came back at him over the back nine but , unlike in the Lancome Trophy when Eduardo Romero chipped in to deny him his second tour victory this year , this time the West German was not to be disappointed . |
| 9 | Once , I was round his house when the district nurse came to give him his iron injection . |
| 10 | When that grandfather , his last hope of a parent-figure among his own kin , turned his pipe , he pointed John Rowlands on the path which was to give him his place in history . |
| 11 | Eventually she managed to give him his tablet in a nice , juicy pear . |
| 12 | Knowing the King , as he believed , Nicholas had always assumed that now , through his placing at table , Zacco would take his chance to belittle in public this favoured commander who had failed to give him his kingdom as promised . |
| 13 | Midnight Cowboy was to give him his first chance in over fifteen years to regain respect in the business . |
| 14 | It was the undertaker , to give him his common nomenclature , who provided what was considered ‘ correct ’ in a given situation , and he alone decided on the trappings . |
| 15 | And when his standard-bearer went to give him his own beast , that too was slain beneath him . |
| 16 | Freddie , to give him his due , had offered her a meal for no other reason than that he was hungry , Liza was attractive and her response to some of his occasional conversational gambits on the way home had been interesting and unusual . |
| 17 | He wrote to Liza , did his best to forget about her and , to give him his due , refrained from much of his previous philandering and settled down to perform , with commendable efficiency , his duties in a commandeered house off Pall Mall . |
| 18 | For example , if he had played nicely until 10.30am , wandered off at 10.35am , kicked the dog at 11.00am and fallen downstairs at 11.45am , would it really be sensible to give him his sweet at 12 noon for earlier playing ? |
| 19 | He wants me to give him his lunch back ! |
| 20 | Hillary 's lucky number came up and he was one of the two members from the New Zealand team chosen to join an expedition which was to give him his place in the history books . |
| 21 | ‘ Victor Oldenburg , or Count Victor Oldenburg and Hess , to give him his full title , has been kidnapped in Russia . ’ |
| 22 | To give him his due , he tried . |
| 23 | Lyn left him in bed and took the car to work , promising to be back early to give him his lunch . |
| 24 | If the trustee is removed , the creditors can also resolve not to give him his release . |
| 25 | So that would be a guaranteed eighty pounds a month , and at the end of five years , we 'd assume that the P E P had actually grown enough to give him his money back , you know it 's , it 's because this , because it 's a temporary annuity , it would be lost after the five years . |
| 26 | To give him his due , after the quip about illegal topless bathing , her rescuer had helpfully hunted round the saloon and found her a large rather battered white canvas jacket to wrap herself in . |
| 27 | I 'm only going to give him his medicine . ’ |
| 28 | To give him his due , he made no attempt to hide this consuming interest of his : it would have seemed pointless , for he assumed that everyone else was similarly obsessed , and would see through his attempts at concealment . |
| 29 | I only got Rosie 's help because he put it to you ; of course , it would be in a very nice way , that I was too tired to give him his rights . ’ |
| 30 | To give him his due , Sorley had picked a good place for his sneak preview of Patterson 's mail . |