Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Izzy Kleiber was punished for his treachery , they only meant to give him a cruel ducking and a bad fright ; no one had taken into account the heavy rains . |
| 2 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |
| 3 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 4 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 5 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
| 6 | You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down . |
| 7 | Democrats are hence navigating , as one of them put it , between the Scylla of not wishing to undercut Mr Bush 's diplomacy and the Charybdis of not wishing to give him a blank cheque . |
| 8 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 9 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 10 | I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually |
| 11 | D I did n't want to give him a false impression . |
| 12 | Gazza makes his Lazio debut against his old club and his Tottenham pals are n't going to give him an easy ride . |
| 13 | Well I do n't , I do n't have to give him a key as long as I let him in , you do n't have to have a key , but he can arrange , he can arrange for me to be there |
| 14 | His highest weighted opponent was the 1929 Preakness winner Dr Freeland with eight stone eight pounds , but the horse most fancied to give him a true test in his first race outside Australia was Spanish Play , who had won the New Orleans Handicap eight days before . |
| 15 | Furiously she opened her bedroom door and , flicking the light on , went in , then turned to serve him a final volley before she slammed the door shut in his face . |
| 16 | As he approaches the garage door it swings open as if by magic — in fact by electricity , activated by a remote-control device in Vic 's pocket — a feat that never fails to give him a deep , childlike pleasure . |