Example sentences of "and [verb] him the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 2 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 3 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 4 | Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box . |
| 5 | A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away . |
| 6 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 7 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 8 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 9 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 10 | One of them , small and dusty and obscure in its corner , took the sunlight as he drew it towards him , and showed him the vigorous sketch of a face he knew well , a face he had seen long ago in the triforium , when he had crouched against the wall in the last embrasure of the walk , listening to the approaching footsteps of his enemy . |
| 11 | And give him the good news . |
| 12 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
| 13 | I ’ m going to write to James , and tell him the true story . |
| 14 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 15 | She stopped in front of him , leaning forward confidentially and giving him the full benefit of the satin décolletage . |
| 16 | Reaching the end of the line , he danced over to where Mait sat in the sedan chair , and offered him the strange object . |
| 17 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 18 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 20 | He was shedding his wet things as he spoke , and a glance at me indicated who was supposed to hurry off and get him the hot drink . |