Example sentences of "have [verb] him a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 2 | The sort of thing that would have delighted him a few months ago — he would have chuckled over its witty irreverence , and imagined with pleasure Clare 's shock and embarrassment had she come across it . |
| 3 | Ironically , one of Mr Yeltsin 's critics , Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , speaker of parliament , might have swung him a few votes by appealing at the start of the session for deputies to behave responsibly , seek compromise and encourage ‘ dialogue , not monologue ’ . |
| 4 | Mauve had given him a few casts of hands and feet to take home and study . |
| 5 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
| 6 | The essay , on ‘ The Dangers of Smoking ’ , had cost Hank a number of Sundays of hard work , and he estimated that he must have smoked at least eight packs of cigarettes while writing it , but to his astonishment it had won him a hundred dollars . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 8 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 9 | She had asked him a few Saturdays ago if everything was all right between them . |
| 10 | Then he noticed that a boy , who had passed him a few minutes before , had returned , and was now looking at him carefully from the opposite side of the road . |
| 11 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 12 | ‘ Because Father is a tired old man I have spared him a hundred times , and tolerated things which are little short of intolerable . |
| 13 | ‘ And Seb 's ridden him a few times . |