Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] him the " in BNC.
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1 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
2 | Peron needed the union movement for support and , indeed , it was the labour movement who brought him back from exile and won him the presidency . |
3 | I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ Style , ’ she replied , throwing her long fair hair over her shoulders and flashing him the toothpaste smile again . |
7 | Hamish would take pity upon this sorry figure and give him the duffle-coat to keep himself warm . |
8 | Gerald Baker , a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian who is the park ranger at Fort Union Trading Post in North Dakota , once the ‘ Times Square of the plains ’ , taught Mr Frazier how to use a double-bladed throwing axe and offered him the honour of joining him in a ceremonial sweat bath . |
9 | A series of injuries slowed his progress but ultimately , it was attitude that cost him the chance of blossoming into a great player . |
10 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
11 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
12 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
13 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
14 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
15 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
16 | I saw three movements and told him the Sonata would sound better if he made a very flashy last movement , but with content . |
17 | I 'll have to wait until Bluebeard 's in a mellow mood and tell him the truth . |
18 | When they had gone , Cramer used the phone in the garage to put through a call to Sir Harry Marriott at his home and give him the news — the phone was more secure than a police radio band . |
19 | An estimated 3,000 delegates from one faction claiming to represent the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) gathered in Nairobi on Sept. 4 and unanimously elected Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as FORD chairman and designated him the party 's presidential candidate . |
20 | Every time he lifted the cap of his luminous watch the hands seemed to have barely moved , but now he hauled Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott into the canoe and passed him the flask of coffee . |
21 | He showed Mr Utterson the broken stick and told him the servant girl 's story . |
22 | He just kept on giving everything to Lennie and giving him the love he needed . |
23 | He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying : |
24 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
25 | Marginally more in control , she sauntered back through to the kitchen and handed him the brush , carefully keeping her own fingers clear of his . |
26 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
27 | However , he and Earl Tostig Godwinsson [ q.v. ] were robbed by brigands on their way home , and forced to return to Rome , where Nicholas reinstated Ealdred and gave him the pallium , while insisting that he give up Worcester . |
28 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
29 | Denis Smith says hopefully to get three points and play good football … there 's not much they can do in two days but his team talk will be tell the players to go out enjoy it and pass the ball … by a strange twist of fate Smith 's first match at the Manor is against the team that gave him the sack last season Bristol City |
30 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |