Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 2 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 3 | Tom Jones says that Central has given him the opportunity to do a musical show which no-one else is doing . |
| 4 | The simplicity of his later work — he died on Christmas Day in 1983 — has given him the reputation of being a spontaneous artist . |
| 5 | It implies that the Prime Minister has permitted him the freedom ‘ to take whatever action is needed ’ in the past . |
| 6 | A BOY 'S ambition to run a cafe with a smile has won him the title of Smarties ' Young Achiever of the Year . |
| 7 | The act has made him the star of the show . |
| 8 | Or what he thought had happened inside his head , for those at the hospital who were supposed to know told him the brain scan showed nothing untoward . |
| 9 | Ephron has told him the land is worth four hundred shekels . |
| 10 | Barnes , who won the last of his eight caps in 1988 , makes his first Divisional appearance since that year and coach Keith Richardson has handed him the captain 's armband , worn by Bath team-mate Andy Robinson last season . |
| 11 | Sherie intends to take Neil on holiday after Christmas to help him over his ordeal — after she has bought him the mountain bike he has set his heart on . |
| 12 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 13 | Mr Prescott 's gutsy , down to earth brand of socialism has gained him the respect of party activists . |
| 14 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 15 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 16 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 17 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 18 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 19 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 20 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 21 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 22 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 23 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 24 | Australian businessman Alan Bond shot to international prominence when it was revealed that Sotheby 's had lent him the money to purchase van Gogh 's $53.9 million ‘ Irises ’ . |
| 25 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 26 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 27 | Clearly some forward planning in 1992 would have given him the opportunity to organise his affairs and avoid many of his problems . |
| 28 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
| 29 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 30 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |