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 .
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