Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although Daniel 's dark skin offers him the same protection as a mild sunscreen , it 's not enough to block all the sun 's harmful UV rays .
2 Eleanor rang him a few days later and he was remarkably cool .
3 I asked Make-Up to give him a few mosquito bites but he refused point-blank .
4 Swan gave him no such greeting .
5 His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled .
6 Joe can swerve a ball , but Fred gives him a few tips on spinning it , too — without picking the seam !
7 Theodora allowed him a few moments and then she said , gently , ‘ There is , is there not , one further element ?
8 Johnny Dawes had a whipround in the pub as a sort of True Path benefit gig to give him a few days more .
9 She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool .
10 Ten days on the ocean gave him a few chances to visit the cabins of single women , but until they arrived in New York , there were no places to escape once the liaison ended , however passionately , half-heartedly , or ephemerally it had begun .
11 He is the vital element , a striker with so much potential that , if Graham Taylor gives him the same encouragement he has received at Highbury , he will become Gary Lineker Mark II — only better .
12 Archie joined him a few seconds later , closing the door behind him .
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