Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 2 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 3 | John 's slight built made him a tantalising opponent , but he had scorching pace and neat control , while also possessing the ability to cut inside and shoot powerfully for goal himself , so that he could always be relied upon to contribute several useful goals each season . |
| 4 | But Estabrook had grown to trust him a little , even so . |
| 5 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 6 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
| 7 | The defendants wrote to him and told him that they had decided to pay him a pension of £200 a year and that he was at liberty to enter into any other employment or enter any business , ‘ except in the wool trade . ’ |
| 8 | It seemed the letter writer had decided to pay him a visit . |
| 9 | Of course he had got to know him a good deal better at Ecalpemos … |
| 10 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
| 11 | ‘ His best club position is centre or full-back and I have agreed to give him a shot at fullback to see how he goes . |
| 12 | Shortly afterwards he left the licensed dealer which then tried unsuccessfully to get him sacked from the stockbroker he had persuaded to give him a job . |
| 13 | The railway have promised to give him a special party during the weekend of October 26 and 27 and he looks forward to seeing as many of this young friends as possible at that event . |
| 14 | Matthew , standing in for his friend , had promised to give him a full and complete report . |
| 15 | You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down . |
| 16 | Still , she had promised to send him a postcard and the wording of that would need careful consideration . |
| 17 | But the special procedure under which trusts are enforced gives him a right against B. The second point is that the words take the form of a request to the trustee to transfer property to the beneficiary . |
| 18 | She suddenly remembered that she had n't thought to offer him a tip — although , unlike the awful Elise , he had n't seemed to expect any payment . |
| 19 | I thought he looked upset , so I did n't mention the pantomime I had just witnessed and instead offered to make him a cup of tea . |
| 20 | There , at the bar , he had been introduced to one of the heads of M.I.9 who , when he heard that Eric wanted to get back to Italy and could speak more Italian than most people who had been on the run , immediately offered to make him a member of the Allied Screening Commission . |
| 21 | Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode ; Mr Richards could well have attempted to administer him a Mars bar instead . |
| 22 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 23 | Often the farmers ' produce was subsidised to give him a living whilst another subsidy on the food in the shops kept prices artificially low — so wages could be pegged too . |
| 24 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 25 | At the Ryecroft bail hostel in Gloucester , where Hagans was living at the time , another witness said Hagans had tried to sell him a wedding ring for ten pounds , and was wearing a gold chain necklace . |
| 26 | His highest weighted opponent was the 1929 Preakness winner Dr Freeland with eight stone eight pounds , but the horse most fancied to give him a true test in his first race outside Australia was Spanish Play , who had won the New Orleans Handicap eight days before . |
| 27 | He 's my oldest friend , so I 'm allowed to call him a great pedant . |
| 28 | I think that now he 's in office and this is why I 've started to dislike him a little more since he 's been you know inaugurated even . |
| 29 | And anyway you ought to try , you ought to have tried telling him a few ! |
| 30 | His politics and cultural interests combined to make him a nationalist of an unusually rounded kind . |