Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] him an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 2 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 3 | The guard found him an empty compartment and locked the door . |
| 4 | He was only eight when Bruce Lee , whose 1973 film Enter the Dragon made him an international star , died mysteriously aged 32 . |
| 5 | The rain brings him an end-of-time vision , solitary as his sense of humour , of flooding cellars and emerging rats . |
| 6 | It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not . |
| 7 | They had some good meals together , and when John left , the man gave him an inscribed copy of the lithograph being used as poster for his exhibition . |
| 8 | The doctor gave him an anti-tetanus injection to which the plaintiff was allergic . |