Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dunwoody was surprised when the judge called him the winner on Remittance Man in the opening Bristol Novice Hurdle , believing Peter Scudamore had got back in the final strides on the favourite Regal Ambition after being headed halfway up the run-in . |
| 2 | Being a Governor gave him the right to know details of any child 's parentage , but in his case the necessity to study the books had never arisen . |
| 3 | It was his father gave him the idea . |
| 4 | A man called him the devil , some parents shouted ‘ We Want Joe ’ and the talk was all about condoms , AIDS and innocence . |
| 5 | The Norwegian government awarded him the Order of St Olav in 1979 . |
| 6 | The jury awarded him the libel raspberry — a halfpenny — so he was forced to pay for the whole action . |