Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he some " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mum made him some instead , and I 'll pour it on you after you said that one . |
| 2 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
| 3 | Towards the end of his life Gouzenko went blind but the news was kept so secret that in 173 MI5 sent an agent to show him some photographs in the hope that he could recognise Hollis . |
| 4 | Chapman & Hall made him some compensation through extra payments for Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby , and by making loans and advances . |
| 5 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 6 | Benny usually went home around four-thirty unless the boss offered him some overtime , and Joe Maitland had not arrived back from his buying trip . |
| 7 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 8 | This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done . |
| 9 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you disapprove of us , my angel ? ’ she asked , exalted by wine and overbearing , and took him down to the kitchen to give him some of the leftover chicken . |
| 11 | In practice they are those cases in which the plaintiff seeks to enforce or protect some right vested in him ( eg , an injunction to restrain a breach of contract ) rather than those where he merely invites the court to exercise its powers to grant him some statutory relief ( eg an application by a debtor for a " time order " under Consumer Credit Act 1974 , s 129(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 12 | When his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides appeared , Boswell 's reflections caused him some trouble , including threats of actual bodily harm from people he mentioned . |
| 13 | While Bob Lamb was longing for Sarah Butler to pay him some attention , he was unaware that Martha Oaks felt the same way about him . |
| 14 | The latter 's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere . |
| 15 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 16 | One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince . |
| 17 | Sensing that Bertin was an art-lover , Zbo showed him some paintings and made a sale . |
| 18 | That Michael Watson give him some stick . |
| 19 | When Norman gave him some canvases as a birthday present , Minton was astonished for he was unused to having his generosity returned . |
| 20 | Perhaps Gould 's work on snail speciation gives him some peculiarly perceptive insights into the baseball world . |
| 21 | Gardening and agricultural production , unlike trading , were safe from government intervention , and his mixture of activities gave him some security should his job or his shop come under threat . |
| 22 | He pulled the knot on the belt , then re-tied it , tighter , as if the gesture afforded him some feeling of protection . |
| 23 | Still 'as trouble passing 'is water , but the doctor give 'im some new medicine . |
| 24 | Chola fetched him some tobacco and a parcel of turmeric . |
| 25 | He had inadequate funds to go abroad but a relative advanced him some money and off he went in 1935 . |
| 26 | Mrs Corney offered him some tea . |
| 27 | Keith gives him some coins from his pocket without looking . |
| 28 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 29 | A highly intelligent and beautiful French television journalist , Christine Ockrent , came to Baghdad to interview him some months before the United Nations deadline for withdrawal from Kuwait . |
| 30 | Which is why he spoke to a geezer he knows down Battersea , and the geezer down Battersea done him some nice concrete and rolled an acre of Astroturf on top . |