Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 2 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 3 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 4 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 5 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 6 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |