Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message . |
| 2 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 3 | ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’ |
| 4 | Byers was offering him the bottle . |
| 5 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |