Example sentences of "[verb] he an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the price of an earl is what he asks , send him an earl . |
| 2 | A good example is a manufacturer who sells to a reseller and requires the reseller to grant him an indemnity in respect of third party claims for product liability made against the manufacturer arising in relation to the products of the manufacturer that are sold on by the reseller . |
| 3 | And do n't trust him an inch . ’ |
| 4 | In many respects she found him an enigma . |
| 5 | He believed Orkney Islands Council found him an annoyance . |
| 6 | There were those who found him an oddity and some who were repelled by his right-wing and reactionary views . |
| 7 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 8 | The cold cost him an arm and a leg , badly amputated by Würstchen , who had employed a rough-hewn rock to sever nerve , sinew and bone . |
| 9 | The Shah did no like Bakhtir - " I had always considered him an Anglophile and an agent of British Petroleum . " |
| 10 | I told him an hour ago Quinn had secured further proof that Simon was alive and apparently well — the sixth time Quinn 's got the kidnappers to prove that . |
| 11 | With the white pieces , he seemed intent on avoiding any continuation that might give him an advantage , playing into total equality , then drifting into an inferior position and time-trouble . |
| 12 | The policeman glanced upwards as if he hoped that the phone would give him an excuse to get rid of this intruder . |
| 13 | Well they phoned back and they said , can you tell your husband to take his car to National Tyres er , that insurance has sent him , and could they give him an invoice for the insurance company . |
| 14 | No one could give him an age . |
| 15 | The provision sometimes inserted in a settlement for giving remuneration to a professional man who is one of the trustees is open to considerable objection since it may give him an interest in incurring expense , and will , in any case , tend to make the other trustees leave the management mainly in his hands . |
| 16 | Once he is able to execute a few of them , he tests them on a punching-bag , which will give him an indication of the impact power each technique possesses . |
| 17 | " I 'll give him an injection and leave you some sulphonamide — that 's what Mr Farnon uses in these cases . " |
| 18 | I would not give him an answer until we were on our own . |
| 19 | Mr Fred Barnes was a brick-faced , middle-aged man whose starched white collar seemed to be causing him an obstruction in breathing . |
| 20 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 21 | And what is more ’ — her voice dropped now and she leant towards Agnes — ‘ I 'm afraid of your father , I mean , for him , what he will do to that … person if he meets him again , for he will certainly do him an injury . ’ |
| 22 | We have made him an offer but he 's not very keen . |
| 23 | What 's more they might have done him an injury if he had n't pulled off his cassock pretty smartish and turned back into Matt , which calmed them down . |
| 24 | The Spectator article secured him an invitation to Hampton Court and , having offered his specification for the repair work , he was duly hired . |
| 25 | ‘ You come down 'ere now , Sergeant Joe wants a word with yer , and if it means 'e 's goin' to knock yer 'ead off , I 'll give 'im an 'and . ’ |
| 26 | Later that afternoon the duty sergeant allowed him an hour off to dig the grave in which they would bury Private Prescott . |
| 27 | You owe him an apology for misjudging him and suspecting his motives at every turn . |
| 28 | Does that mean you owe him an essay or something ? |
| 29 | A TOT drowned in a garden pond as his mum nipped out to buy him an ice cream from a van . |
| 30 | You 're just a frightened dame who 's going to buy him an airplane ticket out and give him a stake for good measure . |