Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slipped into my jogging gear and handed him a sweater to wear . |
| 2 | On Friday evening , Seth directed Joey to a car dealer and bought him a maroon 1982 Cutlass Calais for three thousand dollars . |
| 3 | Over by the piano , Mary Bunn squirmed on her piano stool and gave him a one . |
| 4 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 5 | The charismatic former director of Essex social services , Maurice Hawker , writes to reassure readers , following our exclusive report ( 25 February ) that Tony Newton , former Social Security Minister and Essex MP , turned up at his farewell party and wished him a happy retirement on behalf of the government . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | My father provided Maurice with a capital sum and leased him the property he now occupies at a nominal rental . ’ |
| 8 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 9 | Menzies looked at him in astonishment , then took his flask from his hip pocket and offered him a dram . |
| 10 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 11 | Mrs Pigdon , returning with his meal , noted the disgracefully lowered level of the liquor in the brandy bottle and gave him a look that spoke volumes . |
| 12 | An estimated 3,000 delegates from one faction claiming to represent the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) gathered in Nairobi on Sept. 4 and unanimously elected Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as FORD chairman and designated him the party 's presidential candidate . |