Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 2 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 3 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 4 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 5 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 6 | I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it . |
| 7 | She had done him a beautiful hand-painted one the year before with ‘ Lots of love ’ on it . |
| 8 | But he had not even asked — she had found him a little unnerving . |
| 9 | She had bought him a new trilby with the tiniest of blue feathers tucked into the band at the crown . |
| 10 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
| 11 | When he returned , bearing a brand new dress in a rich burgundy shade , she had shown him the blue one . |
| 12 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 13 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 14 | They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too . |
| 15 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |
| 16 | It had done him no good , but the same quality was to stand him in good stead when he turned away from international relations to the many domestic difficulties which the war had engendered or highlighted . |
| 17 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 18 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 19 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 20 | He had lent him a chauffeur-driven car and expensive office equipment during the General Election . |
| 21 | Which was why it was so intriguing to hear that he had told one or more of the SRU 's top brass that while Peter Wright was still scrummaging like a tight-head prop in that — one would have thought very wisely — he did not attempt any of the seasoned loose-head 's tricks of the trade , he had found him a good , strong and heavy scrummager , difficult to budge . |