Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he discovers the bar owner doubles up as the town sheriff and that gunman Lyle has just given him a lift . |
| 2 | His defiance of Uncle Sam has even earned him a grudging respect . |
| 3 | Theseus would still be blundering around in the labyrinth where he went to slay the Minotaur , if Ariadne had not given him a ball of thread so that he could retrace his steps when the deed was done . |
| 4 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 5 | as if Oscar did n't teach him a lesson . |
| 6 | St Paul 's daily routine , as a law-abiding Jew , would have included a prayer to say thank you that God had not made him a Gentile , a slave or a woman — in that order ! |