Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] him [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trouble is in the past I 've given him Liberty silk ties . |
| 2 | ‘ Paxstone , and I 've given him orders to shoot and be damned . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , you 've heard him play . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got him prisoner . |
| 5 | Yes , I 've watched him sort of er warily |
| 6 | I 've called him Ferdinand ( not Caliban ) three times , and complimented him on a horrid new tie . |
| 7 | Simon has told me he asked you and you have given him hope . |
| 8 | His European contacts have given him ideas — such as the Dutch government 's research projects to look into the specific health needs of the country 's future . |
| 9 | In his ignorance , the right hon. Member for Chingford — I have given him notice of this — sees British history as a continuum stretching back to the dawn of time . |
| 10 | His achievements as Labour leader have earned him respect and admiration , but he has not been able to appeal beyond the party in which he has made his life . |
| 11 | Paul Roberts ' recent London recitals and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 have earned him recognition as an artist of perception and imagination . |
| 12 | One retired Somerset man told a visiting kinsman , ‘ You are likely to have but a short feast here , but I pray you if you have not good cheer blame my sonne John Webb and not me , for of my troth I have made him master of all . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ There is no doubt that Charles has been offered major works at good prices ’ , says one dealer , ‘ because people wanted to see those works in his great collection ; artists have sold him paintings that they would not have sold to anyone else , and they feel betrayed . ’ |
| 14 | Nurses at the hospital 's baby unit have called him Christopher . |
| 15 | Lou Macari 's attempts to wed a club steeped in sophistication to the long-ball game have brought him unpopularity in the dressing-room which will soon spread to the terraces if results do not improve . |
| 16 | But now the party faithful have appointed him crisis manager of a party still threatened by disintegration . |