Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 2 | But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work . |
| 3 | ‘ Style , ’ she replied , throwing her long fair hair over her shoulders and flashing him the toothpaste smile again . |
| 4 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 5 | And it was this ability to get straight to the point and to turn conventional wisdom on its head that earned him the respect of so many staff and others with whom he regularly had to confront thorny questions of Amnesty strategy and its relations with governments . |
| 6 | She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted . |
| 7 | After she contacted her boyfriend and told him the news , they immediately headed back to Leeds . |
| 8 | He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying : |
| 9 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 10 | When they had gone , Cramer used the phone in the garage to put through a call to Sir Harry Marriott at his home and give him the news — the phone was more secure than a police radio band . |
| 11 | Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] . |
| 12 | He never mentioned Nordhausen or the involvement of the Russians , but knew that if he could commit the British Secret Service , it would keep the CIA off his back and give him the time he needed . |
| 13 | These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments . |
| 14 | It was the custom for the Mayor and Aldermen to receive this money on his behalf and to pay him the amount annually . |
| 15 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 19 | She resented his tone but told him the real news , Pascoe 's resignation . |
| 20 | Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle . |