Example sentences of "[vb base] given 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |