Example sentences of "him another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , his victory last season with Ten Plus when there were only four runners , convinced me his chaser would win him another Gold Cup , a race he must have won had he not fallen at that fatal third fence from home . |
| 2 | In the meantime we bought him another half in Willington . |
| 3 | Williams soon became a great favourite with the Palace crowd , who christened him ‘ Ginger ’ , although some of the local press gave him another nickname — ‘ The Palace Terrier ’ . |
| 4 | She asked him another question , as he did n't seem to mind . |
| 5 | She also argues that , if an agency does not exercise detailed control , it nevertheless exercises the ultimate control of the worker , since it can withdraw him or refuse to offer him another assignment should his performance fail to meet required standards . |
| 6 | The appointment by the incoming Labour government of the Macmillan Committee , of which Keynes was a member , gave him another chance to carry through his revolution in policy . |
| 7 | Gielgud gave him another chance , asked him to come back the next day and do it again . |
| 8 | She decided to give him another chance , this time on her own terms . |
| 9 | As these authors point out , to can only be dropped ( optionally ) in non-assertive contexts ( as with dare and need ) , the to-less form being completely unacceptable to speakers of English in assertive uses : ( 78 ) * We ought give him another chance . |
| 10 | Why do n't England give him another chance he may be getting old , but oh boy , he can still play . |
| 11 | ‘ We are giving him another chance , but the pressure is now on him to show us what he is capable of , ’ said Laporte . |
| 12 | but with her being ill it , she says it gave him another sense of duty that |
| 13 | No doubt something else had diverted his attention , and afforded him another cue to spread confusion everywhere around him . |
| 14 | He drew him another map and watched Blunset wander off into the darkness . |
| 15 | I might just give him another run — if only to keep the stable going ’ . |
| 16 | In the kitchen his congaie began preparing him another drink without hesitation , although she had noticed he was swaying on his feet . |
| 17 | Alfred handed him another drink , and the Prince of Wales absent-mindedly took it . |
| 18 | ‘ Give him another drink , Ellis , ’ he said , ‘ and then let's vote him out of our club for being sanctimonious . ’ |
| 19 | Erm er I 'm very grateful to Dr and I 'll offer him another story , a woman who 's now died whom I used to visit who sat with her coal fire set but not lit until someone would come to the door . |
| 20 | It will take him another day or two to confirm it , but he 's pretty sure . |
| 21 | ‘ Give him another year . |
| 22 | Give him another year and I 'll call my mother every week . |
| 23 | A club spokesman said : ‘ The doctors have given him another scan and he was taken off the life-support machine . ’ |
| 24 | I bet he does n't get up till about , well it 's eleven now I 'll give him another hour and a half ! |
| 25 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 26 | Mummy get him another toy |
| 27 | I would think Frank Clarke would probably give him another minute or so to see if he can run it off . |
| 28 | She handed him another towel . |
| 29 | The Anglo-American conglomerate that went public in 1964 romped in with results that should guarantee him another bumper pay packet . |
| 30 | ‘ I gave him another extension number in case we were talking when he rang . |