Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 2 | I only asked him the other day |
| 3 | The wide strip will contain a language pattern which is well known to the pupils , eg give him the large book . |
| 4 | You knew from the beginning the terms of the thing , and if you tried to make it more serious than that , you only lost him the quicker . |
| 5 | When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth . |
| 6 | The canny scribe had just persuaded the RAF to effectively give him the ultimate freebie , one which will remain the envy of flying hacks everywhere for many decades to come . |
| 7 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 8 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 9 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
| 10 | I 'm c look let me just give him the two options . |
| 11 | Er … forgot who this is … so let's just give him the popular name ‘ Local ’ , when in fact he probably is n't . |
| 12 | I … that is I , my wife and my children … we , I , do not like to invite a friend to a party and not give him the best . |
| 13 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
| 14 | As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it . |
| 15 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 16 | On the strength of this scanty victory ( 23,000 votes , i.e. 28 per cent of the total number cast ) this largely unknown candidate was now treated by the media as ‘ the front runner ’ and ‘ the man to beat ’ , allowing him to gather the momentum that finally brought him the Democratic nomination . |
| 17 | His reward came in July 1655 when Carvajal and his two sons were endenizened , thus making him the first English Jew , at least since the expulsion in 1290 . |
| 18 | That just gave him the more confidence . ’ |
| 19 | By common consent Murphy comes over as easy-going , but behind that there is a sharpness that even he admits does n't always make him the easiest person to work for . |
| 20 | A moral is drawn advising husbands : ( Do just as Hain did with his wife , who would only ever show him the slightest respect , until he had beaten her to the core . ) |
| 21 | You 're always give him the last sweet to him ! |
| 22 | Although car dealer Cannan has always denied any involvement in Suzy 's disappearance , several detectives still consider him the chief suspect in the baffling case . |
| 23 | He soon became a permanent fixture in our Southern and United League teams and his delicate ball-playing skills rapidly earned him the quaint nickname ‘ Lady ’ , and a special place in the affections of Palace supporters . |
| 24 | Past examination papers will also show him the probable lay-out of the paper that he will be expected to answer , and the amount of time likely to be allowed on each question . |
| 25 | For instance , I wanted to feed him on the baby food in jars and I keep telling her I do , but I end up feeding him the powdered food like my mum wants . |
| 26 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 27 | Indeed , it was a precocious interest in Wealden fossils that led to the assembly of a large and valuable collection that was donated in 1884 to the newly opened Natural History Museum in South Kensington , and which gained him not only the title of honorary collector for the museum but also brought him the coveted fellowship of the London Geological Society at the age of twenty-one . |
| 28 | And would Feargal now give him the third degree ? |
| 29 | ‘ Chris was hanging around in the pool room and we kept going out to play him the mixed songs on my ghetto-blaster . |
| 30 | Her composure regained , she turned back to hand him the long tall glass of iced tea , managing with an effort not to flinch visibly when his fingers touched her . |