Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] him the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
2 I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday .
3 So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away .
4 , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home .
5 I had to ask him the way to the police station .
6 I had to tell him the news myself
7 He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion .
8 ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth .
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