Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 2 | ‘ but he was wearing a collar and I 'd tied him to a lamppost . ’ |
| 3 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 4 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 5 | Would n't speak to me for six months , but then his natural goodness of heart , as well perhaps as his gradual realization that I might have been right , that perhaps I had saved him from a fate worse than death , made it impossible for him to keep it up . |
| 6 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 7 | I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him . |
| 8 | I had invited him for a meal , and he left around midnight . ’ |
| 9 | This was good news , as I had met him after a children 's charity evening and had found him shy , attractive and funny . |
| 10 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 11 | I felt I ought to have gone in earlier ; that now I had put him in a huff . |
| 12 | I had known him for a number of years . |