Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It would give him pleasure to make jokes that were n't funny while he was dressed up in the wedding-dress of a woman he claimed had been murdered also . |
| 32 | That would only give him pleasure . |
| 33 | When they lock the man up with Jim and John and Henry and Mary and Dolores and Grace — I hope they will give him access to books , with paper enough for him to go on making translations for us from the classics such as we have never seen except at his hands in our language . |
| 34 | Troilus has nothing which is obviously valuable to defend or give him guidance . |
| 35 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 36 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 37 | ‘ Perhaps Michael did n't give him time , ’ Allen said . |
| 38 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 39 | Both jobs will give him time to ‘ catch up with this international chairmanship ’ . |
| 40 | Once you let up , you will give him time to think , and he 'll realise how much money you 've lost him . |
| 41 | She did not give him time to finish . |
| 42 | No , a speedy and preferably silent retreat would give him time to calm down from her preposterous speculation on his private life . |
| 43 | Charles was prepared to contest the definition of ‘ God-given ’ under the circumstances , but Paul did n't give him time . |
| 44 | He did n't get that straight off and I did n't give him time to think about it . |
| 45 | Where the defendant has no defence then , if he is unable to come to an arrangement with the plaintiff as to payment , the court may give him time to pay ( Ord 37 , r 4 ) . |
| 46 | This would give him time to get back to Mrs Lorimer 's , out of his jeans and grubby shirt , and into something that smelt less heavily of the smoke , sweat and beer of the Prince of Wales where he had spent most of the last few working days . |
| 47 | To begin with Robin used Amazon Swords , Water Wisteria , Java Fern and Pygmy Chain Swords , as these are quite hardy plants which should thrive and give him confidence to try some other kinds later on . |
| 48 | Once again , it 's flagging below a level which would give him confidence for London , yet his form over shorter distances has been good , highlighted recently by a new course record of 38:20 at the Thorney 12K in Peterborough . |
| 49 | Charsky gazed around the hushed audience , hoping to catch sight of a friend whose kind smile might give him strength . |
| 50 | May God give him strength and courage ! … |
| 51 | It 's WBO super-middleweight champion Eubank 's ninth world title fight in just 22 months — and there 's to be no let-up in his quest to earn the money that can give him retirement in the next year . |
| 52 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 53 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 54 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |
| 55 | You better give him fiver . |
| 56 | It does not do him justice to say he is on their side , but he leaves us in no doubt about the horror of what Jacob and Rebekah have done . |
| 57 | He looked like a film star — the picture does n't really do him justice . |
| 58 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 59 | The colour photos I have seen of this fish just do not do him justice . |
| 60 | No he said , and I went over and I picked him up anyway , and sat him on , I sat him on my knee and I said we 'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm , mm , mm , like they do all pathetic and whiny , anyway Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was , by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wan na read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he could n't do without his car , so I said next week perhaps come without your car , I think I 'd won him over by the end but , it was a bit hairy . |