Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 2 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 3 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 4 | And he thought they were going to buy him a parrot . |
| 5 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 6 | You 're just a frightened dame who 's going to buy him an airplane ticket out and give him a stake for good measure . |
| 7 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 8 | George 's mother 's going to give him a bottle of coltsfoot linctus for that cough of yours . |
| 9 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 10 | When his father had died twelve months ago and his grandmother had made it clear she was n't going to give him a home , he 'd wondered what would happen to him . |
| 11 | They 're going to give him a gold watch . |
| 12 | Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him . |
| 13 | But Corden , mindful that in football a firm show of boardroom backing so often heralds managerial upheaval , said : ‘ I 'm not going to give him a vote of confidence ! ’ |
| 14 | So that when we have the thing that he calls an annual review and I call a pain in the neck , I do n't actually have to put in very much work to come up with the fact that no , I 'm not going to give him a salary increase , erm , because I have his , his performance , you know , already researched throughout the year . |
| 15 | Gazza makes his Lazio debut against his old club and his Tottenham pals are n't going to give him an easy ride . |
| 16 | ‘ The poor tyke must think she 's going to give him the Genestealer kiss . |
| 17 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 18 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 19 | ‘ He believes he can beat me so I 'm going to give him the opportunity to try . ’ |
| 20 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 21 | The dad will just give them the cheque , you know , they 've got thirty five pounds , pocket money just for , you know his dad 's going to give him the other . |
| 22 | The likelihood is I 'm going to send him a catalogue and some , you know , a , a , a letter . |
| 23 | I 've told my son that I am going to get him a forged passport that will get him into the opposition penalty area . |
| 24 | The horse 's second trip up the M1 in a week netted the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon and the trainer joked : ‘ I 'm going to get him a HGV licence and he can drive the horse box himself . |
| 25 | As Paddy realised that his stalling tactics were n't going to get him a morning off we went out of the village on a treelined bridleway sloping gently down to the coast . |
| 26 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 27 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 28 | He turned down an offer last week but I 'm going to make him a little better offer next week . ’ |
| 29 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 30 | I 'm going to make him a card with Happy Father 's Day on it and a star on it . |