Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 2 | But is there any situations where Abbey Life can overrule the doctor and say , we 're not happy with this , we want to appoint , we want to give him a medical with our own doctor . |
| 3 | I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life . |
| 4 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 5 | And then if I please to reach him a hand and pick him up again , he shall know and acknowledge to whom he owes it , and walk more humbly thereafter . |
| 6 | ‘ No great deal , perhaps , my lord , save to spare him a costly war . |
| 7 | I remember seeing him a couple of times . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And I 'd advise you to reserve judgement on him till you get to know him a little better ! ’ |
| 9 | Kind of like to ask him a couple of little things . ’ |
| 10 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 11 | ‘ We try to give him a little less tranquilliser each time , so that he might gradually get over it , but he does n't seem to get any better . |
| 12 | Try to understand him a little . |
| 13 | Derek 's mother was my great-aunt 's daughter which I think made him a half cousin to me . |
| 14 | One can agree that another has or should have a right , that is , believe that he has or should have it , or agree to give him a right . |
| 15 | I do find him a bit wet after David Owen |
| 16 | I 've given him a couple of garters for his socks . |
| 17 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 18 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 19 | They 've given him a price just for painting the walls . |
| 20 | ‘ Yeah , I 've caught him a coupla times . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've met him a couple of times . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 23 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 24 | Of course I 've made him a pie — why should n't I ? |
| 25 | We 've offered him a hostel — ’ she turned to me again , away from the dog — ‘ with a warden in charge , very suitable in his sort of case . |
| 26 | Now instead they 've offered him a new one year contract . |
| 27 | yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really |
| 28 | I 've got him a wax coat . |
| 29 | I 've erm , I 've got him a sagey coloured pair now you 're gon na be a good girl today are n't yeah ? |
| 30 | I 've got Bobby 's I 've got him a tape . |