Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've told my son that I am going to get him a forged passport that will get him into the opposition penalty area . |
| 2 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 3 | At p625 he stated : A vendor selling property to a purchaser can not be said to lend him the unpaid portion of the purchase price . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , he was not prepared to take chances , so he checked and rechecked the security of the box and the store-room below in case vandals from a nearby village might be intending to pay him an unwelcome visit . |
| 5 | He 's my oldest friend , so I 'm allowed to call him a great pedant . |
| 6 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 7 | ‘ The poor tyke must think she 's going to give him the Genestealer kiss . |
| 8 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 9 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
| 10 | Albert was reading in the library because Mr Morgan was coming to give him an extra Greek lesson and Hepzibah was busy , bustling in and out of the kitchen with no time for Carrie . |
| 11 | As the weeks went by , Noreen was thrown more and more together with him , but nothing happened , and even Maria was learning to like him a little bit . |
| 12 | And eventually Doyle was forced to tell him the whole story . |