Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I met Pam 's bloke coming down Briggate I 'd give him a wide berth . |
| 2 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 3 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 4 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 5 | I 'd ask him the next day as we worked . |
| 6 | Generally I 'd buy him a second-hand suit and take it up . |
| 7 | I would give him a fresh buttonhole every day to go to the university until he said he did n't like it . |
| 8 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 9 | I would guarantee him an exclusive , pictures and all , which is something he 'd never get from the police department . |
| 10 | She 'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending , heartless , authoritarian attitude . |
| 11 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 12 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 13 | She would make him a good wife , ’ he added wistfully , looking into his own bleak future . |
| 14 | His father had been right for once : she would make him the perfect match . |
| 15 | She would owe him a big one . |
| 16 | ‘ And you would make him a good wife . ’ |
| 17 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 18 | Anyway he says he 'd pay him the same money as what he 's on there , 'cos he 'd have to really , would n't just say , say |
| 19 | After showing the boy how it was done , he 'd offer him the two iron rods — the hot ends towards him . |
| 20 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 21 | I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright . |
| 22 | I might just do that ; it would give him a nice surprise . |
| 23 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 24 | Albert equally dreaded the law , for though it would find him the injured one , no court would approve of leaving a five-year-old to the care of its father in an airport hotel . |