Example sentences of "[verb] him the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 2 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 3 | The reason for this , I later discovered , is that at yours there is likely to be a selection of friends and relations , one of whom in the course of discussion is bound to say , ‘ Come on , let's give him the best ! ’ and although he or she is very seldom the one who is paying for it , no one likes to appear mean at such a time — an attitude , I might add , of which the undertaker thoroughly approves ! |
| 4 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 5 | And his mum Sherie has promised him the best one ever . |
| 6 | I … that is I , my wife and my children … we , I , do not like to invite a friend to a party and not give him the best . |
| 7 | We 've offered him the best contract we could give him |
| 8 | Then he smiled , and it was as it she had told him the best news there was to tell ; and when she thought about it , she supposed that she had . |
| 9 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 10 | His skipper , Richard Gough , calls him the best player at the club . |
| 11 | These plans will be costed , giving him the best possible chance to make an effective case . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 14 | His long experience of bird watching in the hills of Arran had taught him the best vantage points . |
| 15 | ‘ That time would make him the best dog at the track , ’ said joint racing manager Jimmy Nunn . |
| 16 | Dumas grew jealous of the workmanship and insisted on the Bey lending him the best craftsmen , saying ‘ you need that room only after your death , but I need your craftsmen while I am alive ’ . |
| 17 | Er someone tells him that , a policeman tells him the best way to look at it is if you were locked out your house |
| 18 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 19 | The legendary Enzo Ferrari rates him the best driver ever , and coming from the man with Ferrari 's wealth of experience and knowledge , he must be right . |
| 20 | You gave him the best he could want . ’ |
| 21 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 22 | He has made a great number of friends here who wish him the best of luck , and hope he plans to make frequent visits back here . |
| 23 | I am sure we all wish him the best of luck . |
| 24 | We wish him the best of luck with this venture and he has promised that he wo n't forget us when he becomes famous ! |
| 25 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |