Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] he the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez . |
| 2 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 3 | If you want to talk him the number 's o-five-hundred , four-o-four , treble zero . |
| 4 | ‘ Everybody looks to give him the ball , so he 's sees more of it and , in my thinking , he therefore has to be fitter than anybody else . |
| 5 | ‘ We want to give him the chance to tell us how this strong criticism of him is not justified . |
| 6 | But it 's written for the non-microprocessor specialist to try to show him the way to erm exploit these things . |
| 7 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 8 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 9 | His father now refuses to give him the partnership . |
| 10 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 11 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 12 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 13 | Papers which fought to win him the election have , like so many of his back-benchers and supporters , turned against him . |
| 14 | ‘ He believes he can beat me so I 'm going to give him the opportunity to try . ’ |
| 15 | The dad will just give them the cheque , you know , they 've got thirty five pounds , pocket money just for , you know his dad 's going to give him the other . |
| 16 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 17 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 18 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 19 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 20 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 21 | She did not like to ask him the nature of his work , thinking that if he were something incommunicable , the effort of inventing a lie might crack him up completely . |
| 22 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 23 | He even suggested maybe I 'd like to show him the cut . |
| 24 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 25 | On his way home to Brest , sailing north-about round Ireland , Jones confirmed his reputation as a maritime Robin Hood by releasing , with a new sail and money in their pockets , some Irish fishermen he had captured , but his arrival back in port , on 8 May 1778 , proved a disappointment , for the French failed to give him the hero 's welcome he had expected . |
| 26 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 27 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 28 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 29 | Finally , it should be noted , that even if the plaintiff manages to overcome the hurdle of proving a duty existed to give him the information , he must still establish causation . |
| 30 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |