Example sentences of "had [vb pp] him the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had all laughed and Meg , for the missing loaf , had punished him the usual way , locked-up thirsty in the room . |
| 2 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 3 | Paris had given him the intellectual edge and the authority to do this . |
| 4 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 5 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Perhaps Lou had told him the monstrous lie that I did n't love him any more ? |
| 7 | Yesterday Mr Hall said he was dissatisfied with the service he had received from Reg Vardy 's at Houghton-Le-Spring who had sold him the luxury car . |
| 8 | But New York had cost him the Democratic Party 's nomination . |