Example sentences of "give he a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yer should give 'im a good talking to , if yer want my opinion . ’ |
| 2 | Once you are on the course , be positive and give your horse the best chance at each obstacle , by giving him a good approach to each one and plenty of encouragement with the legs ( and voice and whip if need be ) . |
| 3 | If a thief steals it , you could be giving him an open invitation to your home ! |
| 4 | After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life . |
| 5 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 6 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |
| 7 | So when Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson hastily gave him a free transfer to Spain 's Sporting Gijon more than three years ago , you 'd have bet that the battered Irishman would have slipped quietly out of the limelight . |
| 8 | The doctor gave him an anti-tetanus injection to which the plaintiff was allergic . |