Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 2 | I only asked him the other day |
| 3 | The wide strip will contain a language pattern which is well known to the pupils , eg give him the large book . |
| 4 | When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth . |
| 5 | The canny scribe had just persuaded the RAF to effectively give him the ultimate freebie , one which will remain the envy of flying hacks everywhere for many decades to come . |
| 6 | I 'm c look let me just give him the two options . |
| 7 | Er … forgot who this is … so let's just give him the popular name ‘ Local ’ , when in fact he probably is n't . |
| 8 | As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it . |
| 9 | On the strength of this scanty victory ( 23,000 votes , i.e. 28 per cent of the total number cast ) this largely unknown candidate was now treated by the media as ‘ the front runner ’ and ‘ the man to beat ’ , allowing him to gather the momentum that finally brought him the Democratic nomination . |
| 10 | That just gave him the more confidence . ’ |
| 11 | By common consent Murphy comes over as easy-going , but behind that there is a sharpness that even he admits does n't always make him the easiest person to work for . |
| 12 | A moral is drawn advising husbands : ( Do just as Hain did with his wife , who would only ever show him the slightest respect , until he had beaten her to the core . ) |
| 13 | You 're always give him the last sweet to him ! |
| 14 | Although car dealer Cannan has always denied any involvement in Suzy 's disappearance , several detectives still consider him the chief suspect in the baffling case . |
| 15 | He soon became a permanent fixture in our Southern and United League teams and his delicate ball-playing skills rapidly earned him the quaint nickname ‘ Lady ’ , and a special place in the affections of Palace supporters . |
| 16 | Past examination papers will also show him the probable lay-out of the paper that he will be expected to answer , and the amount of time likely to be allowed on each question . |
| 17 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 18 | Indeed , it was a precocious interest in Wealden fossils that led to the assembly of a large and valuable collection that was donated in 1884 to the newly opened Natural History Museum in South Kensington , and which gained him not only the title of honorary collector for the museum but also brought him the coveted fellowship of the London Geological Society at the age of twenty-one . |
| 19 | And would Feargal now give him the third degree ? |
| 20 | Well ask him the next time you see him . |
| 21 | His great courage at the time eventually earned him the Military Cross , but the harrowing experience was for a long while foremost in his mind and symbolized by the walk back to his commanding officer over a mass of dead German and British soldiers in which his feet scarcely touched the ground . |
| 22 | The world No 1 blames the media for the pressure which almost cost him the Open Championship at Muirfield — and also blitzed the Americans for their win-at-all-costs attitude to the Ryder Cup . |
| 23 | About to make a flippant reply , she checked herself and instead gave him the exact truth . |
| 24 | Never gave him the slightest hint . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners . |