Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [v-ing] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 2 | Apart from indicating the couch and offering him the wine she had done no more than sit watching him , occasionally rubbing a deep scratch on her arm . |
| 3 | ‘ Style , ’ she replied , throwing her long fair hair over her shoulders and flashing him the toothpaste smile again . |
| 4 | He just kept on giving everything to Lennie and giving him the love he needed . |
| 5 | Throughout their married life she was a tremendous support , managing their everyday affairs , helping to organise his exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic and allowing him the freedom — one might say the luxury — to paint without interruption . |
| 6 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 7 | Witnessing a helicopter ditch in the Irish Sea , Eddie Whittle helped save the pilot 's life by pinpointing the position and dropping him the dinghy out of his 172 . |
| 8 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |