Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 2 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
| 3 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 4 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 5 | A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away . |
| 6 | FLYWEIGHT Paul Ingle was eliminated on a 13-12 verdict by strong North Korean southpaw Chol Su Choi — despite a rally that won him the last round 9-4 . |
| 7 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 8 | So you will walk into that store and give him the haughtiest stare you are capable of — and you can do it , ’ he promised . |
| 9 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 10 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 11 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 12 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
| 13 | By now , though , he was tired of Barbados , particularly its narrowness of spirit ; they expressed their appreciation of his runs by refusing to allow him , as a black man , to practise at Kensington Oval , and he believed there were still those who resented his success and thought him the same ‘ bighead ’ as at school . |
| 14 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 15 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
| 16 | She resented his tone but told him the real news , Pascoe 's resignation . |