Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [prep] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claimed he had not signed the document properly because , it having been given to him by a ‘ gentleman ’ , he was too nervous to do so . |
| 2 | Tristram 's last letter to Beatrix implied the document had been given to him by a friend . |
| 3 | Gerrard had been looking at him with a gradually spreading grin on his face , and now he thumped George on the back with great bonhomie and beamed with immense satisfaction . |
| 4 | ‘ Solid , thorough , plodding , even , ’ ( that had been said of him by a Bromberg once to Frau Nordern — — but once only ) ‘ but kind in his shy way and decent to the very core . ’ |
| 5 | From all that he heard , it was clear that Gaddafi 's position had been secured for him in a way that his palace guard and secret police could never have managed on their own . |
| 6 | He had no idea that the bomb — with its sophisticated detonating system and the compact radio transmitter — had been smuggled to him by a devious route , via Finland and Germany . |
| 7 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
| 8 | Written in careful English , it had told her little except that her name had been suggested to him by a Kevin Roberts , who had tutored briefly at her old art school , and knew their London gallery . |
| 9 | She has a career in legal reform related to children 's defence and legal aid , ‘ stood by ’ her husband in the controversy over his personal behaviour , and has been suggested by him as a possible member of his cabinet . |