Example sentences of "his [noun] [to-vb] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 2 | One high-earning salesperson of office equipment attributed his success to the preparation he conducted before every sales visit ; this involved knowing his product 's capabilities , understanding his client 's needs , and matching these together by getting his wife to test him every evening and at the weekend ( Kennedy et al. , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | Some months earlier , in the autumn of 1182 , young Henry had once again asked his father to give him a principality , Normandy , so that he could make proper provision for his own knights . |
| 4 | He was astonished to find three detectives knocking at his door to arrest him a couple of days later . |
| 5 | ‘ I sha n't wait till Adam returns , ’ Lewis said in that manner that had once led his daughter to call him the Frog Footman , |
| 6 | When the shops opened he had sent out two of his men to buy him a list of items he needed : a very large-scale map of the area north of London extending fifty miles in all directions , a matching sheet of clear plastic , map-pins , chinagraph pencils in different colours . |
| 7 | Mr. Pantry informed Mr. Small , for the defence , of the discrepancy between the 12 January statement and Matadial 's evidence about the telephone call after the shooting , but did not consider it his duty to show him the statement . |
| 8 | The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 for the first time introduces leasehold enfranchisement , whereby a lessee is entitled to compel his lessor to sell him the freehold upon payment of compensation on a scale fixed by the Act . |
| 9 | Blanche waited for his shaking to give him the momentum to carry on . |
| 10 | To young to join in the usual share-out of meat after a kill , he had waited instead for his mother to give him a portion of hers . |
| 11 | Years previously , Morrissey had invited Tony Wilson round to his house to play him a demo tape . |
| 12 | She had invaded his cranny to do him a favour . |
| 13 | In assumpsit in the Common Bench , it was alleged that Brathwait , having killed a man , asked the plaintiff to use his endeavours to obtain him a pardon , wherefore the plaintiff did go to Royston to the King to get the pardon and , in consideration of this service , the defendant promised the plaintiff £100 . |