Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] him his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave him his four sugars . |
| 2 | I gave him his first bath . |
| 3 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 4 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 5 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 6 | Dickins , a £200,000 signing from Lincoln on transfer deadline day , owed his debut to the thigh injury to Bobby Mimms , which cost him his ever-present record . |
| 7 | A right-wing corner by the left-footed Preece was met so powerfully by James that the young full-back could be proud of the header which brought him his first goal of the season … |
| 8 | But there was an interesting sequel , which gave him his first , insightful , small stab at directing . |
| 9 | The only witnesses had been Sarah 's stepmother , and an ecclesiastic colleague who envied him his good fortune . |
| 10 | It was Mrs Robinson who served him his late breakfast and it took no more than the tapping of an eggshell to discover from that guileless woman that her husband had gone down to Lorton with goats ' cheese and potted char for the market men who called there on a Thursday . |
| 11 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 12 | Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break . |
| 13 | His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation . |
| 14 | They told him his usual fee of $150,000 was too high . |
| 15 | He reminded himself to ask one of the guards when they brought him his next meal … |
| 16 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 17 | In January 1629 the king knighted Vermuyden at Whitehall , and a month later he sold him his royal manor of Hatfield for £10,000 cash down and an annual interest of £195. 3s. 5d. and a red rose . |
| 18 | Legend has it that the mandarin was so grateful to Earl Grey for services rendered that he gave him his secret tea recipe , to keep mind , body and spirit together in perfect harmony . |
| 19 | And when the blackbird came , he gave him his beautiful song , and when the cow came , he gave her sharp horns and the strength to be afraid of no other creature . |
| 20 | That was what gave him his undoubted power in politics , and his loose organisation called the " Left is Right Group " — kept carefully informal so that it could not be proscribed by any of the major parties — commanded the allegiance of a handful of M.P . |