Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pickering had nurtured Davies since his days as a schoolboy triple jumper , and Davies has frequently credited Pickering with giving him the confidence to compete at top level . |
| 2 | Robyn shot back , furious with herself for giving him the opportunity to make her feel foolish and inferior all over again . |
| 3 | The keeper , Athelstan concluded , was not a pleasant man and on seeing him the friar believed every story he hat heard . |
| 4 | On reviving him the man told the head ganger that he had been struck by a blow at the back of the head yet medical evidence revealed no sign of injury , furthermore his whistle , flags , and lamp were never found . |
| 5 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |
| 6 | By dismissing him the Respondent left a cloud over his honesty which can be removed only by full vindication in respect of that . |
| 7 | He managed somehow to get Caspar near the tree and by giving him the wrapping to chew he got him to stop barking . |