Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] him the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The Russians denied him the decisive pitched battle on which he had counted .
2 Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race .
3 The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win .
4 David Owen 's late endorsement of the Tories makes him the strongest contender for the Hong Kong post , but do not write off Maude just yet .
5 Although the polls give him the lowest performance rating of any post-war leader , Mr Major doubted there would be a challenge this year .
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