Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have [vb pp] him [art] " in BNC.

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1 Gabriel had collected Steve from school and brought him home , where she had cooked him a meal .
2 I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive .
3 He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion .
4 Is my right hon. Friend aware that this is the first time that I have asked him a question since his appointment , and I intend to enjoy it ?
5 It did not seem to matter that she had borne him a son .
6 All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness .
7 ‘ One day , ’ said Sergeant Joe , ‘ one of them will come back with proof that you 've sold him a forgery . ’
8 All right , so she 'd used him a little , but this was all way out of proportion .
9 When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run .
10 He has been so accurate , some claim , that they have dubbed him the ‘ historian of the future ’ .
11 Northampton have been so suitably impressed by Ross 's abilities that they have offered him the coaching job for the next two seasons , a post that he has accepted .
12 He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections .
13 First he reminded us that it had taken him no time at all to find the Ardakkean thief — an off-world technician working in one of the phetam refining plants .
14 Not a medium so he 's given him the small so he 's thinking if if it does n't fit he 's still made the sale .
15 ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’
16 Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on .
17 I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’
18 There was a silence , as if I had asked him a very profound question .
19 He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue .
20 But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy-chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell .
21 At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor .
22 He had called to her in his dying moments , and she had thrown him a fragment of her white nightgown , which he had clasped with hope , and kissed , and kept as a precious icon .
23 Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her .
24 Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all .
25 If she 's given him a blow job , I mean
26 ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about .
27 If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back .
28 ‘ The Doctor just was n't at his best when St Jovite murdered him in Ireland and it 's taken him a while to get over that .
29 He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine .
30 This scientific enthusiasm was invaluable during his three years as President of the Royal Geographical Society and it has earned him a place on the National Environmental Research Council .
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