Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've given him a couple of garters for his socks . |
| 2 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 3 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 4 | They 've given him a price just for painting the walls . |
| 5 | You 've given him an adverse marking . |
| 6 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yeah , I 've caught him a coupla times . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've met him a couple of times . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 10 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 11 | Of course I 've made him a pie — why should n't I ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now instead they 've offered him a new one year contract . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | I 've got him a wax coat . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | I 've got Bobby 's I 've got him a tape . |
| 18 | I 've got him a birthday card up there . |
| 19 | ‘ One day , ’ said Sergeant Joe , ‘ one of them will come back with proof that you 've sold him a forgery . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 23 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I might find I 've cooked him a dinner and he does n't want it . |
| 26 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The singer was brought up in London , but two years in Leeds and five in the North West have given him an oddball Midlands-tinged accent . |