Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 3 | A museum paid him a four-figure sum for it . |
| 4 | Only the width of a post denied him a sensational late equaliser at Everton in the following round , and Second Division Brighton will greet his return to action with some trepidation in tonight 's second round replay . |
| 5 | A dragonrider handed him a long shape , wrapped in red silk . |
| 6 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 7 | Later he agreed with a sub-purchaser to sell him a similar cargo at 19s. per ton . |
| 8 | In 1649 the Rump Parliament rejected a motion to make him a full treasurer , but in 1652 he became co-treasurer with an obscure backbench MP , and from 1653 with Richard Deane [ q.v. ] ; they were also joint receivers-general of assessments , and thus responsible for the entire system of direct taxation and military expenditure . |
| 9 | 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 . |