Example sentences of "[vb past] him [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crisp says his four-bedroom Potton house , which cost him £120,000 to build , is currently valued at £180,000 . |
| 2 | He hated it when she was tactful and allowed him space to meet women . |
| 3 | Brinson could cope with the work only because he was at the Foundation , where people could see him , which had concerns close to those of the CNAA , and which allowed him time to take part . |
| 4 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 5 | While Klakkr brought him ale to drink , and water to splash on his face , Thorfinn ran the lines through the echo-chamber of his mind : |
| 6 | Took him hours to clean it up and , since then , the pitch and tone have been all askew . |
| 7 | He really hated literary wankers who sent him stuff to criticize . |
| 8 | He knew that I would never let him marry her , and , besides , he has a girlfriend of his own , so when I offered him money to go away and leave her alone he stood me off as much as he dared , and collected a big enough stake to marry his girl and start a small business , which , he kindly informed me when he left , he intends to turn into a large one , one day . ’ |
| 9 | Friends invited him to apply for the Readership in Geometry at Gresham 's College , and a wealthy London merchant offered him £10,000 to take his daughter in marriage . |
| 10 | ‘ His only shirt , blue and white check , was always spotless and though friends offered him clothes to replace his worn velvet suit he would not accept them . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Matthews said Taylor offered him £500 to carry out the murder , which he declined . |
| 12 | Similarly , although Rank turned down Sydney Box 's first independent feature , 29 Acacia Avenue ( 1945 ) , on the grounds that the innocuous story about an aborted premarital romp was ‘ immoral ’ , and offered him £40,000 to put the film on the shelf , he was later to give Box the job of running Gainsborough 's production programme . |
| 13 | I bought him Coke to take home but he wo n't want this he wants his Coke . |
| 14 | He was taken to hospital where doctors gave him charcoal to absorb the drug and sent him home to rest in a darkened room . |
| 15 | ‘ I gave him water to drink , my child , from Undry . |
| 16 | Upset Quinn , unavailable for comment even though Keegan gave him permission to talk to the press , will now consider his future . |
| 17 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
| 18 | Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow . |
| 19 | Once when Auerbach had no money , Minton gave him £40 to help him buy paint . |
| 20 | He never rose above the rank of lance-corporal , but a posting as an orderly room clerk on the east coast gave him leisure to write short stories of army life , published in Horizon and other periodicals . |
| 21 | After twenty-eight rounds Cribb was unable to come to scratch , but a ruse by his seconds gave him time to recover , and Molineaux retired in the thirty-third round . |
| 22 | He says it gave him time to put his feet up and relax . |
| 23 | It was almost an hour 's drive , which gave him time to elaborate his philosophy . |
| 24 | The not very exacting demands of a theology degree gave him time to make a lot of useful Anglican friends . |
| 25 | It gave him time to think . |
| 26 | He probed on , and Owen was glad , for it gave him time to think . |
| 27 | Just as well , it gave him time to master Scots and almost cope with the request for advice from a lady from Aberdeen , seeking to match boots and skis : ‘ Aye , aye , mannie , fit fit fits fit ski ? ’ |
| 28 | Re-stowing the rest of the sails gave him time to get the details straight in his head . |
| 29 | At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her . |
| 30 | The Home Secretary was acting under clause 13(4) of the Licence and Agreement between him and the BBC and section 29(3) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 both of which gave him power to give the broadcasting authorities notice in writing requiring them to refrain from broadcasting any specified matter or classes of matter . |