Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [to-vb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Museum agreed to get him a permit and to give him a grant , in return for any antiquities he might discover . |
| 2 | A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse . |
| 3 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |
| 4 | The man was elevated and screened-in like an auctioneer , to deter attack and to give him an overall view of every part of the shop . |
| 5 | These somewhat academic findings are not very helpful to the mother whose child has begged her to let him watch a gangster film or to buy him a plastic ‘ death-ray gun ’ for Christmas . |
| 6 | cheeky so-and-so and to give him an audition and see what he was like — which I did — and was quite impressed . |