Example sentences of "give he [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Take him and give him a good dowsing . ’ |
| 2 | Give him a good toast . |
| 3 | So give him a good clean show suitable for all the family , or you can rest assured you 'll be playing the tavern tonight . |
| 4 | He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders . |
| 5 | So if you really want to the best for you dog , give him a good rub down . |
| 6 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 7 | In the sort of conflict situation in which Benjamin Spock ( 1946 ) would suggest ‘ distracting him to something interesting but harmless ’ or ‘ give him a graceful way out ’ ( from a temper tantrum ) , or where Susan Isaacs in 1932 tells the mother ‘ not to be too ready to treat any momentary defiance as an immediate occasion for a pitched battle of wills ’ , the Evangelicals and their followers were , on the contrary , eager to seize upon such an opportunity , since their battle was with the devil himself , and the child 's spiritual salvation at stake ; distraction was the last thing they would have advised , for it was their urgent intention to rouse in the young child a vivid appreciation of his own shortcomings , as being the quickest and most effective means of subjugating his will to higher authority . |
| 8 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 9 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 10 | Give him a new head if you ca n't find any legs to fit . |
| 11 | Maybe one day we 'll be able to bring him out of the closet , give him a new identity , promote him to a senior vice president . ’ |
| 12 | And if anyone should encounter Patrick Phelan , give him a wide berth , since he will almost certainly be suffering from a contagious plague of boils . |
| 13 | Give him a nice straightforward GBH case in the back streets of the Cumbermound development any day rather than these smartarse church intellectuals with their fancy words and their finicky manners and their too high opinions of themselves . |
| 14 | Give him a gentle stroke . |
| 15 | ‘ Give him a round tale and a round figure at the end . ’ |
| 16 | They may also write letters to Sinterklaas setting out what gifts they would like to receive , or do a drawing or give him a small present . |
| 17 | Oh I should love one , ooh , so I thought , best not give him a bleeding mug I 'd best get my best china out , you know ? |
| 18 | Give him a lethal injection . |
| 19 | Could of got that Ascot thing , should apologize for making her take , give him a grand |
| 20 | The interview goes well until you give him a friendly pat on the back … |
| 21 | Good gentlemen , give him a further edge And drive his purpose into these delights . |
| 22 | Give him a free evening . |
| 23 | ‘ Give him a fair trial , ’ the fat bastard roared , ‘ and then hang him from his own gate ! ’ ) |
| 24 | She can praise him and give him a little treat . |
| 25 | If the sergeant got there before you and did n't find you , he would tap with his signalling stick and it goes for miles in the middle of the night — give him a little tinkle , and you walk towards one another . |
| 26 | give him a little walk |
| 27 | Give him a little plastic clock . |
| 28 | Expansion , give him a little straw out of which he can make the bricks , have a couple of good stories and so on . |
| 29 | Just give him a dead eye . |
| 30 | His Etonian vowels give him a peculiar aural resemblance to Brian Johnston of Test Match Special ( imagine Johnners talking about what an axe can do to the flesh and you will have some idea of just how disorienting this is ) . |