Example sentences of "[verb] to give him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kharin 's £200,000 transfer from CSKA Moscow will be completed any day now but Hitchcock wants to give him the Beasant treatment . |
| 2 | ‘ Everybody looks to give him the ball , so he 's sees more of it and , in my thinking , he therefore has to be fitter than anybody else . |
| 3 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Assuming he was in trouble , he stopped to give him a lift … but the attacker threatened him with an iron bar and forced him to take tablets which made him unconscious . |
| 6 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 7 | I had to try to give him a chance to be independent . |
| 8 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 9 | But is there any situations where Abbey Life can overrule the doctor and say , we 're not happy with this , we want to appoint , we want to give him a medical with our own doctor . |
| 10 | ‘ We want to give him the chance to tell us how this strong criticism of him is not justified . |
| 11 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 12 | His father now refuses to give him the partnership . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | My Japanese friends wonder at my passion , because he is not very well known and not very successful , though when he visited Paris with his fellow sumotori he was at once called ‘ the Japanese Alain Delon ’ — to my mind , an insult to my hero , but for a while that kind of adulation seemed to give him a little of the confidence he needed , and on his return to Japan he delighted me by winning an unusually high number of contests . |
| 15 | She knew his ways and had adapted to them and this seemed to give him a satisfaction which quietened him . |
| 16 | It seemed to give him a purpose which , up until he saw the sign , he had n't had . |
| 17 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 18 | Major Robert Burrows had cancer , but Eva 's arrival seemed to give him a new lease of life . |
| 19 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
| 20 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 21 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 22 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 23 | Outside the front entrance of the House of Mattli Paula turned to give him a quick impulsive hug . |
| 24 | Cadfael turned to give him a long , thoughtful look , and a few white petals that had floated and lodged in the rough cloth of his sleeve caught the stirring of air from the door , and floated free again , riding the draught into the pale , bright sunlight . |
| 25 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 26 | George 's mother 's going to give him a bottle of coltsfoot linctus for that cough of yours . |
| 27 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 28 | When his father had died twelve months ago and his grandmother had made it clear she was n't going to give him a home , he 'd wondered what would happen to him . |
| 29 | They 're going to give him a gold watch . |
| 30 | Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him . |