Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 2 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 3 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 4 | But it is very unlikely that enough super-delegates , more than a quarter of whom have already endorsed Clinton , would gang up to deny him the title . |
| 5 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't . |
| 7 | ‘ Chris was hanging around in the pool room and we kept going out to play him the mixed songs on my ghetto-blaster . |
| 8 | Her composure regained , she turned back to hand him the long tall glass of iced tea , managing with an effort not to flinch visibly when his fingers touched her . |
| 9 | For answer , the Robemaker lifted his arms out so that the great black cloak fanned out giving him the outline of a massive bat or a creature of prey . |
| 10 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
| 11 | The plaited bamboo walls curled tightly round a stout frame of beech poles , cut and stripped by Rima with the big bush knife he had brought up from the trade-store when Joseph had run down to tell him the news . |
| 12 | For instance , I wanted to feed him on the baby food in jars and I keep telling her I do , but I end up feeding him the powdered food like my mum wants . |
| 13 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 14 | But the Woman did not offer him the ear-piece that she and Doyle used . |
| 15 | One or two ugly scenes had occurred between him and Paul Danquah and though they remained friends Minton did not offer him the use of the self-contained flat at the back of the ground floor in his new home . |
| 16 | Peggy very nearly cried out to tell him the letter was hers , but thought she 'd better not . |
| 17 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 18 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |
| 19 | I sent , I did n't send him the originals I sent a copy . |
| 20 | Thus he says of Ali , a member of Fatah , ‘ He knew I loved him , but it did n't make him the slightest bit arrogant . |
| 21 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 22 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 23 | Just because he was her boss , that did n't give him the right to organise her social life as well ! |
| 24 | We did n't give him the message . |
| 25 | We finally beat him , we did n't beat him the way we wanted , but we won . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't deny him the right to use whatever symbols he wants as an artist , but as a friend I was disappointed that he knew how inflammatory that would be to a Madness audience . |
| 27 | They do n't call him The Butcher for nothing ! " |
| 28 | Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day . |
| 29 | is it safe ? , yes its safe , its very safe , is it safe ? , no its not safe , every thing he said it still carried on asking him the questions did n't they ? , terrible |
| 30 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |