Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |
| 2 | Stockmar took care not to get involved in court favours , such as the bribe offered by an MP of £10,000 to obtain him a peerage . |
| 3 | And I said do you want a piece of paper to write him a message or something ? |
| 4 | Hanson was let out of Leyhill to give him a chance to get used to life outside prior to release . |
| 5 | Oliver would n't understand that it was nicer of Dad to make him a toy than to buy him some dull old thing from a shop . |
| 6 | It was pitiful , the broken blade of a dagger that he had bound with strips of rag to give him a handle , and sharpened as best he could on the edge of the stone under the window ; the worn hollow , paler in colour , was there to be seen . |
| 7 | The Arkansas Governor , Bill ‘ Slick Willie ’ Clinton , has outpandered California 's ex-Governor Jerry ‘ Moonbeam ’ Brown by a whisker , has spoken a bit more sense with a bit less pizzazz and conviction , and looks set to scoop a big enough bundle of votes to guarantee him the nomination — unless he falls victim to further scandal or Democratic Party fixers impose a ‘ brokered convention ’ to find a last-ditch candidate . |
| 8 | Foreman agreed to link up with Stafford to give him the chance to attract another League club . |
| 9 | The second example was of a time when Caesar was ill , and cried to Titinius to get him a drink , as feebly as a woman might ( says Cassius ) , and he bore his illness in a cowardly way . |
| 10 | She heard his car in the drive , and called down to Victor to offer him a drink while he waited . |
| 11 | As the rally closed , the woman went up to Lafontaine to offer him a bouquet of flowers and to ask for his autograph . |