Example sentences of "to give him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bracewell , 29 , claimed the directors backed out of a promise to give him a two-year contract by offering him only a 12-month deal to stay . |
| 2 | The printer had become sufficiently reconciled to their presence to give him a friendly wave . |
| 3 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 4 | Well I do n't , I do n't have to give him a key as long as I let him in , you do n't have to have a key , but he can arrange , he can arrange for me to be there |
| 5 | As he approaches the garage door it swings open as if by magic — in fact by electricity , activated by a remote-control device in Vic 's pocket — a feat that never fails to give him a deep , childlike pleasure . |
| 6 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 7 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 8 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 9 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 10 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 11 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 12 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 13 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 14 | He has persuaded the French Federation to give him a new consultancy role . |
| 15 | Major Robert Burrows had cancer , but Eva 's arrival seemed to give him a new lease of life . |
| 16 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 17 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
| 18 | The result was that after two years out of racing , Niki asked Ron Dennis to give him a private test — mainly to assure himself that he had not lost his skill and that he could face the new world of FI wing cars , quicker and much more road-adhering than the old generation . |
| 19 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |
| 20 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 21 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 22 | She saw him coming and intended to give him a wide berth . |
| 23 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 24 | I looked back at him , trying to give him a dirty look but him and de Haas were just grinning at me . ’ |
| 25 | His means , though unmentioned , derived from his family 's West Riding worsted mills , and were sufficient to give him a substantial independence from stipends . |
| 26 | The auditor should carry out such a review of the financial statements as is sufficient , in conjunction with the conclusions drawn from the other audit evidence obtained , to give him a reasonable basis for his opinion on the financial statements . |
| 27 | While Charles remained , apparently inactive , at Edinburgh , the British government was making vigorous preparations to give him a warm reception when , as expected , he advanced into England . |
| 28 | He did go back to London ; he did defy the might of Zanuck , but the canny Alex Korda in London stitched up the contract later which , yes , was to give him a million dollars , but also tie him to some terrible films . |
| 29 | I leaned forward , put my thumb under my lip and jerked it up to give him a close-up view of the long gash and the trailing blood-stained ends of the stitches . |
| 30 | When Izzy Kleiber was punished for his treachery , they only meant to give him a cruel ducking and a bad fright ; no one had taken into account the heavy rains . |