Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] him [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore a flat , battered cap on his head , pushed to one side to give him a jaunty air . |
| 2 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 3 | Riled by the peremptory note of command in his voice , Rory opened her mouth to give him a scathing reply , but just in time caught the sideways glance slid her way by Candy and bit her tongue . |
| 4 | She opened her mouth to give him a blistering answer , then closed it abruptly . |
| 5 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 6 | That is why , no matter what the last-minute mediators may say , there is a danger that their aim will be interpreted not as an effort to secure Mr Hussein 's compliance with demands that have somehow escaped his attention , but as an attempt to offer him an easy way out . |
| 7 | I asked Make-Up to give him a few mosquito bites but he refused point-blank . |
| 8 | This is my 23-month-old granddaughter giving her fond father a real smacker to wish him a happy birthday — they say there 's nothing quite like a baby 's love ! |
| 9 | When he came to Arsenal , James told Chapman in no uncertain terms that he did n't like his plan to make him a scheming inside-forward . |
| 10 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 11 | Unlike the passages on Seyh Abdulkerim , Molla Abdulkerim or Molla Yegan , however , about all of whom Mustakimzade has some sort of reservation , this passage on Hizir Bey contains no reference to or any derivation of it ; and it would seem from his particular vagueness in relation to Hizir Bey and his failure to accord him a separate article that while he is aware of the claim that Hizir Bey became Mufti , he is unsure of his relationship to the main stream of Muftis and probably regards him as not having been part of it . |
| 12 | If a left-wing politician is genuinely anathematised it is not possible for his opponent to pay him a higher compliment . |
| 13 | The printer had become sufficiently reconciled to their presence to give him a friendly wave . |
| 14 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 15 | Later he agreed with a sub-purchaser to sell him a similar cargo at 19s. per ton . |
| 16 | That is why — ’ raising her head to give him a grateful look ‘ — I had none to spare for a meal at this place . ’ |
| 17 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 18 | Darlington borough councillor Paul Geldart last night revealed how Mr O'Hare had begged the authority to find him a new home . |
| 19 | We want him for a month on loan to give him a proper chance . ’ |
| 20 | Johnny Dawes had a whipround in the pub as a sort of True Path benefit gig to give him a few days more . |
| 21 | He has persuaded the French Federation to give him a new consultancy role . |
| 22 | At the most he could try to plead some implied term into the contract that the goods would last for a reasonable time after delivery to allow him a reasonable period of trouble-free use . |
| 23 | In 1649 the Rump Parliament rejected a motion to make him a full treasurer , but in 1652 he became co-treasurer with an obscure backbench MP , and from 1653 with Richard Deane [ q.v. ] ; they were also joint receivers-general of assessments , and thus responsible for the entire system of direct taxation and military expenditure . |
| 24 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 25 | ‘ He claims that I employed him as an assistant in order to find him a real job . ’ |
| 26 | The script had him deliver a line that was in sharp contrast to most of the seemingly right-wing reactionary statements he was making whenever a camera was n't turning or when a curtain was not up : ‘ Extraordinary theory — you bend a child double in order to give him an upright character . ’ |
| 27 | Bracewell , 29 , claimed the directors backed out of a promise to give him a two-year contract by offering him only a 12-month deal to stay . |
| 28 | Triumphant , he slammed the door and marched off down the corridor to his own cosy rooms , smugly requesting his domestic unit to prepare him a toasted sandwich and hot coffee . |
| 29 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |
| 30 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |