Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 31 | If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence . |
| 32 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 33 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 34 | He allowed himself a small , tight smile as she clenched her teeth and remained staring him full in the face , determined not to give him the satisfaction of accepting his subtle invitation to check his statement . |
| 35 | She clenched her fists , unable to struggle , but determined not to give him the satisfaction of knowing she wanted him . |
| 36 | Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend . |
| 37 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 38 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
| 39 | An order for specific performance is one which requires the seller actually to deliver the goods and does not give him the option of paying damages instead . |
| 40 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 41 | Mine had the same amount , while Thessy 's only contained a hundred , though the proctologist had also given him the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat . |
| 42 | She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it . |
| 43 | She had n't rejected him the first time , though , just evaded a decision , wanting him to strengthen it somehow . |
| 44 | Just because the guy can drop names we have all heard of and used to know Bruce McLaren does n't give him the right to bore us every week . |
| 45 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
| 46 | Ah , , he has complained now to the Vatican that he , any more , because of , Swiss the community does n't give him the |
| 47 | She does n't call him the vet when she 's |
| 48 | Others , like Hayling , obviously had talent , but none of them had even a fraction of the experience or ability which had twice earned him the Journalist of the Year award for his coverage of Vietnam and Cambodia . |
| 49 | And God , in his infinite wisdom , or in a moment of severe brainstorm , had actually given him the go-ahead . |
| 50 | In all her time with him she had never told him the details of what she had seen , that day one summer . |
| 51 | And it 's that devotion that 's just won him the title of Britains most romantic top tycoon . |
| 52 | No , well let , let no we have n't given him the go ahead yet . |