Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've got him a birthday card up there . |
| 32 | ‘ One day , ’ said Sergeant Joe , ‘ one of them will come back with proof that you 've sold him a forgery . ’ |
| 33 | Ever since first encountering Gavrilov at the Touraine Music Festival in the mid-1970s , I 've thought him a player of infinite potential , with a technique of which legends are made . |
| 34 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 36 | yes , so I 've giving him a , a cloth to go and rub it with |
| 37 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 38 | And it 's certainly not available in sufficient detail for for all of the sectors to make a fair comparison and I think Mr has made this point in in when you 've questioned him a number of times today that the information is just not available or to hand to make to make that comparison . |
| 39 | I might find I 've cooked him a dinner and he does n't want it . |
| 40 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 41 | Though I enjoyed the book immensely it did seem that to an extent Mayle had used the plot to answer the numerous critics who , riddled by jealousy at the success of his two books ( Toujour Provence was the second ) , have given him a good going over . |
| 42 | Ten years with Courtaulds Italia , based in Milan , have given him a Mediterranean outlook on life which squares easily with the goals of Single Market integration . |
| 43 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 44 | Played against the fist-faced public school bile of Ian Hislop and genius swagger of Angus Deayton , Merton 's deadpan asides , regular flights of insanity and crap T-shirts have earned him a place in our hearts forever . |
| 45 | His friend , Richard Carew [ q.v. ] , wrote that Godolphin 's ‘ zeal in religion , uprightness in justice , providence in government , and plentiful housekeeping , have won him a very great and reverent reputation in his country ’ . |
| 46 | Even though I have met him a couple of times . |
| 47 | Bush had every reason to expect an easy victory , the ultimate Christmas gift to an adoring American public , who have granted him a record approval rating in the opinion polls . |
| 48 | The two hundred and forty-seven pounds of weight have made him a bit short of breath . |
| 49 | In countries , such as Japan , Belgium , and even Ireland , his runs have made him a well known figure , but he remained one of Britain 's unsung sporting heroes , until a magnificent record-breaking run at the NALGO 6-day race last October finally brought him into the headlines . |
| 50 | In an entirely separate category is the ‘ St Jerome ’ of one Vittorio Sgarbi , a minor art historian with exhibitionist tendencies which have made him a television personality in his own country , and , like Cicciolina , have recently earned him a seat in parliament . |
| 51 | ( Restaurants , page 278 ) began writing as soon as he could form the letters and was first published as a poet , although it is his novels that have made him a household name . |
| 52 | Drinking and drunkenness are a familiar theme of his bilingual stand-up comedy acts , and have made him a cult-figure among Gaelic-speaking lounge-bar audiences in the Western Isles . |
| 53 | We have shown him a better way of making the savings he requires next year , and we will be happy to work with him — and with the consumer groups — to find ways of improving the value obtained for the money spent on legal aid in the future . |
| 54 | His family have bought him a new hi-fi for Christmas . |
| 55 | Some have called him a drunkard and assume that he saw puce poetry instead of pink elephants . |
| 56 | No one could , with justice , have called him a layabout . |
| 57 | Others have called him a blend of ‘ Merle Haggard filtered through Bruce Springsteen ’ or quite simply ‘ a hell of a talent ’ . |
| 58 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 59 | I have to give him a name . |
| 60 | ‘ You provided him his death , others have provided him a grave . |