Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [adv] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Steel merely gave him a black labrador puppy . |
| 2 | Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners . |
| 3 | Bombay University belatedly awarded him an honorary LLD in 1916 . |
| 4 | Fear of being ousted from Edward 's entourage by the king 's Poitevin half-brothers perhaps gave him a personal interest in the political upheaval of 1258 , which began with the half-brothers ' expulsion from England . |
| 5 | So when Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson hastily gave him a free transfer to Spain 's Sporting Gijon more than three years ago , you 'd have bet that the battered Irishman would have slipped quietly out of the limelight . |
| 6 | Paul Merton instantly fixes him a hard stare , saying nothing , before slowly pronouncing , ‘ You 're Bamber Gascoigne are n't you ? ’ |