Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |
| 2 | Garway 's resistance to exclusion perhaps earned him the respect of the government of James II . |
| 3 | Maybe he just did n't think when they showed him it , that it was n't the right one cos I suppose if you 've seen them every day you do n't , it does n't register it 's just the fact that of course your dad only gave him the price of the blue and white |
| 4 | Moving to Guildford , Leese 's fanaticism and his willingness to devote all his time and resources to the new movement soon made him the fulcrum of racial nationalist activity in Britain . |
| 5 | When , at the end of two hours , they finally showed him the document and he acknowledged what had happened , ‘ there was a sigh from the assembled people . ’ |
| 6 | If , for example , the victim knew that the accused was trying to obtain by deception , but nevertheless gave him the item , the accused is not guilty . |
| 7 | Wayne 's grandparents , Ken and Pat Peckham , paid just £1,700 for Champ whose marathon exploits quickly made him the people 's champion . |
| 8 | Sir William Anstruther-Gray formally declared him the victor and his election was duly rubber-stamped at the ceremonial party meeting six days later . |
| 9 | Brown , whose iconoclastic pronouncements and ascetic personal style once earned him the nickname " Governor Moonbeam " , urged the importance of restoring democracy and honesty to the political process . |
| 10 | This also made him the winner of the European League of the World Cup , with the final in Del Mar , California , on April 15–19 as his next major task . |
| 11 | When Topaz gave Lovat his answer she also told him the truth about her interlude with Andrew . |
| 12 | It also taught him the importance of training . |
| 13 | His father , foreman of the Headington Quarry morris ‘ side ’ for fifteen years , played him the morris tunes in the cradle , and later taught him the dances . |
| 14 | This lack of the courtier 's innate instinct for self-preservation — a characteristic he shared with his father — did not endear him to the aristocracy , and probably lost him the appointments he needed . |
| 15 | I nearly called him the chairman of the Tory party — I apologise . |
| 16 | It also gave him the excuse for being able to claim a whole series of ‘ expenditures ’ on his taxation forms , such as furnishings , heating , materials and travel . |
| 17 | Sir James set John Wordsworth up in the largest house in the High Street of Cockermouth , and later gave him the office of Coroner of Millom . |
| 18 | Although Lord Ridleys aggressive and forthright manner sometimes rubbed people up the wrong way it also gained him the respect of colleagues … |
| 19 | MGM were prepared to make the film as a star vehicle for him and originally offered him the role of Captain Bligh . |
| 20 | Minch had long ago taught him the rule among eagles that unless an eagle is seeking to take over territory then he should leave a pair to rear their young in peace . |
| 21 | She bought a choc-bar ice-cream on the way , and this immediately gave him the illusion of proxy licence that he always felt upon seeing the thin and flawless elude the rules . |
| 22 | Residents then told him the sergeant had been seriously wounded , and they took custody of the suspect so the constable could help his colleague . |
| 23 | Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot . |
| 24 | Peg paused and ruffled his hair affectionately , then handed him the cloth . |
| 25 | For bed a roadside ditch in the summer , a barn or hay-loft in the winter was all he sought , while for food and drink a farmer 's wife never begrudged him the plate of bread and potatoes washed down by a mug of tay . |
| 26 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 27 | Indeed , he might have been perturbed to think that I was diverting so much energy towards his defence ; but , so far as I know , he was ignorant of these interventions of mine , as I never showed him the letters or alluded to them . |
| 28 | She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that ! |
| 29 | Graham 's father actually gave him the money to buy it from Brixton , after we 'd been there to see it . |