Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament has expressly given him power to intervene when the local authority is acting unreasonably . |
| 2 | The Foreign Office had only given him permission to join the Army on the understanding that he would return to Abyssinia when his leave expired . |
| 3 | You better give him fiver . |
| 4 | That would only give him pleasure . |
| 5 | Moments later , Patrick Lundy slammed the hall door shut and hurried down the path , and Katherine , speechless with rage , could only watch him race down the street , still pulling on his coat . |
| 6 | Dorian Gray 's beautiful face will perhaps bring him danger and trouble . ’ |
| 7 | So give him Dentinox for starters , and he 'll be happy ever after . |
| 8 | He also saw Ottaviani — effectively refusing him support . |
| 9 | The first Kenyan African novelist was a man of anger , developing the marxist position that would eventually bring him detention without trial for a year , followed by exile . |
| 10 | Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " . |
| 11 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 12 | It was this that gave Anselm the hint that peace would not bring him freedom to exercise his episcopal functions . |
| 13 | You just show him respect and you 'll be alright . |
| 14 | It does not do him justice to say he is on their side , but he leaves us in no doubt about the horror of what Jacob and Rebekah have done . |
| 15 | The colour photos I have seen of this fish just do not do him justice . |
| 16 | But why not give him credit for a simple human weakness ; the attraction of eating a good dinner which he has n't had to cook ? ’ |
| 17 | But his mother did not give him permission to work . |
| 18 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 19 | She did not give him time to finish . |
| 20 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 21 | And being organized did not give him pleasure . |
| 22 | He knew Rab would not loan him money , a game on credit . |
| 23 | No Helena you 're meant to hurt him not give him enjoyment . |
| 24 | ‘ They 're not paying him interest , are they ? |
| 25 | Just give him time . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Just as you like , ’ said Burden , turning his face away so that Wexford should not see him smile . |
| 27 | Matey had gone out , not to return until late at night , leaving Dr Neil 's tea in the larder on a plate carefully positioned under a fine gauze hood to protect it from the ubiquitous flies ; he had said not to leave him supper , for he might visit the local evening market where prepared food of all kinds was on sale , from oysters to whelks ; he was partial to shellfish , he said . |
| 28 | An inquest has been told that a Jehovah 's Witness injured in a road accident died after relatives told doctors not to give him blood . |
| 29 | But at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital his family asked doctors not to give him blood , insisting it was against his religious beliefs . |
| 30 | " And say your prayers regular , Tristram , that the good Lord may bring you back safe to us , " she added before turning quickly away to leave him face to face with Jennifer . |