Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] him [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let's just call him a friend , shall we ? ’ |
| 2 | Better than me — though I might still teach him a thing or two — but the farm is a big responsibility for any young man , especially one with a London background . ’ |
| 3 | so I thought you 'll probably give him a bottle when you got here anyway , so I was going to give him one , it all depends when he got up and I thought you 'll probably give him one so I did n't |
| 4 | Some might even call him a hellraiser . |
| 5 | erm that 's the doubt and that doubt is going to be either borne out or shown to be wrong by the rest of John Major 's incumbents , so at the moment I 'll certainly give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 6 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 7 | so I just hope , it 's so annoying though , you 'd just give him a cuddle , lay him down and that was it , that was all |
| 8 | His nose and cheekbones protruded as never before , and he was paler than Helen , so pale that no one could possibly call him a darkie or black bastard , though they might legitimately have used the word bastard . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd willingly give him the belt but he would n't take it . |
| 10 | She avoided returning to Matthew Blake 's table for as long as she could without giving him the power of knowing she was avoiding him . |
| 11 | She could even forgive him the talk about having her committed , now that that possibility was safely in the past and she was making progress on her own . |
| 12 | If he suffers the same fate as Clark , it could well cost him a place in the squad for the most vital game in Newcastle 's 100-year history . |
| 13 | Beardsley , meanwhile , produced a performance of such craft , guile and wisdom that it could yet make him the saviour of England manager Graham Taylor — if only he would pick him . |
| 14 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 15 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 16 | Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler . |
| 17 | But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room . |
| 18 | He 'd show her , and even if she did n't appreciate the work it would perhaps give him a moment to think , to recover his poise . |
| 19 | On the other hand , his tutor would always tell him the truth , and he would never be allowed to hear stories or fairy-tales . |
| 20 | To the credit of both Hortense and Le Bas , it was agreed that Louis-Napoleon should be enrolled in the High School at Augsburg , a move which it was hoped would not only remove a tendency to idleness and day-dreaming but would also give him a chance to make friends with other boys of his own age . |
| 21 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 22 | Ferguson : The Leeds fans would never give him a chance , plus he is crap . |
| 23 | His talk was just that , talk aimed at intimidating her , but she would never give him the satisfaction of allowing him to succeed . |
| 24 | She would never allow him a reason to pity her again , to hold her in contempt . |
| 25 | It will also give him a chance to recharge his batteries and have a look at where he is going next . ’ |
| 26 | And what is more ’ — her voice dropped now and she leant towards Agnes — ‘ I 'm afraid of your father , I mean , for him , what he will do to that … person if he meets him again , for he will certainly do him an injury . ’ |