Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance . |
| 2 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 3 | When piling the buttercream on to the teddy 's body , try to mound it up quite high to give him a tubby appearance . |
| 4 | On the other hand , ’ she said , careful to allow him a way out , ‘ I quite understand that you might be too busy to take on work that 's well outside your syllabus . ’ |
| 5 | Even the genial Binkie Beaumont was prepared to pay him a third of what the experienced Emlyn Williams knew he was worth and could get . |
| 6 | It was wrong to ask him a question . |
| 7 | But it would have been very different to make him a coach this winter , with all that it entails . ’ |
| 8 | One would even be delighted to give him a helping hand . |
| 9 | He has said , and subsequently confirmed , that he will step down shortly after March 27th , when the King is due to award him a medal . |
| 10 | Indeed , they are likely to win him a new reputation as a man for whom the boom never ended . |
| 11 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 12 | Direct mail selling frequently uses database information to try and sell only to those people whom the seller thinks are the most likely to give him a sale . |
| 13 | Textbooks should be quoted only if they express an individual opinion , and the lecturer ( qua lecturer ) not at all , When quoting authors , if the author is dead he may be referred to by his surname only , but if he is still with us it is polite to give him a handle — Sir or Prof. or Dr or Mr. As regards judges the customary J. , etc. , should be used irrespective of whether they are alive or dead . |
| 14 | Maybe a large catfish , or is it too late to find him a friend ? |
| 15 | If your language helper can read , it is helpful to give him a copy of the words you want to check , with the numbers and the English translation . |
| 16 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 17 | Although he promotes himself as a friend of John Major , the Conservative Party has for some inexplicable reason been unable to find him a job in the Government where his extensive talents could be stretched . |
| 18 | But there are plenty of predatory young women around , whom he might think would be able to give him a son … |
| 19 | In the cafe she found Fosdyke nursing a malt whisky ( 'Kept for me specially by Carlo because I was once able to do him a favour' ) and the children occupied with a Space Invader machine for which he had advanced them hundred lire pieces . |
| 20 | I would be happy to send him a copy of our policy document if he would like to have more detail . |
| 21 | But the cost of the new sails will , in fact , be met by Conner 's sponsors , who seemed reluctant to back him a year ago . |
| 22 | I might be able to offer him a lift . |
| 23 | When one of the men he had employed as a ploughman in the autumn came to the farm , more in hope than the expectation of finding any work , Seb was able to offer him a day 's pay . |
| 24 | As for Jenkins , his temperament , so their argument goes , was all too apt to make him a liability . |
| 25 | If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer . |
| 26 | Do n't you think it would be kind to give him a call on his portable telephone and ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He 's going to do some errands for me so I thought it only fair to give him a bit of food . ‘ |
| 28 | A woman may turn to bottle-feeding to give him a chance to join in . |
| 29 | It was necessary to give him a pretty assertive grilling about it all . |
| 30 | comes along or not , but I just thought it might be nice to give him a break away from home and he wo n't go on his |