Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've given him the newspaper to read — I thought it might take his mind off things . ’ |
| 2 | We 've offered him the best contract we could give him |
| 3 | I 've brought him the programs he asked for . ’ |
| 4 | Anyway , there 's certainly no way I 'm going to start physio on him the way things are , or at least until you or Dr Grant have given him the OK . ’ |
| 5 | There is no doubt that Campese is one of the most talented players to have blessed a rugby field and the Australian rugby writers have voted him the Player of the Year . |
| 6 | Mr Mourou , whose efforts to reassure Tunisians of his party 's moderate aims have earned him the nickname ‘ Mr Valium ’ , has now suspended the party 's operations . |
| 7 | Blake is one of the few techno artists who chooses to use his voice , and his semi-whispered seductions have earned him the title of ‘ The Prince Of Techno ’ . |
| 8 | Still just 18 , GREGOR TOWNSEND 's precociously talented displays have earned him the chance to go head-to-head with Michael Lynagh this summer . |
| 9 | 's scientific knowledge , and uncompromising standards and principles have earned him the respect and admiration of any who worked with , or even against him . |
| 10 | You have granted him the desire of his heart |
| 11 | We have named him the Redway Rapist ’ . |
| 12 | Northampton have been so suitably impressed by Ross 's abilities that they have offered him the coaching job for the next two seasons , a post that he has accepted . |
| 13 | ‘ We have offered him the chance of coming here as chief executive — but also the opportunity to buy the club . |
| 14 | He has been so accurate , some claim , that they have dubbed him the ‘ historian of the future ’ . |
| 15 | The larger-than-life character is becoming well-known on the streets of Iasi youngsters in the town have dubbed him The Black Horse and even taken to copying his distinctive hairstyle : slicked back with a pony-tail . |
| 16 | On this occasion the Star goes one stage further not only by stressing the similarities with The Fox but also by giving this new phenomenon an identity of his own — ‘ police have nicknamed him The White Fox ’ . |