Example sentences of "[verb] him [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Charles II managed to induce the Barbados assembly to grant him the revenue forever from a tax of 4½ per cent of the value of all sugar exported from the island , and the Leeward Islands settled on the same terms and were briefly united under the same governor as Barbados .
2 That , I believe , was because we moved him a bit upmarket in his packaging , and gave him more thriller-style covers .
3 He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion .
4 Served up as B fodder , at least it provided him with a salary , albeit on rock-bottom union rates of around $300 for a full working week , which assured him a place barely above the poverty line .
5 I told him an hour ago Quinn had secured further proof that Simon was alive and apparently well — the sixth time Quinn 's got the kidnappers to prove that .
6 Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him .
7 Well what I 'll do I 'll give him a call tomorrow night about eight o'clock .
8 Mind you , you would n't mind , you 'd give him a couple like , if you
9 But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent .
10 Will I give him a job there ?
11 I 'd give him a ring tonight Lee and get , then he might have time to ge chance to get some players .
12 I 'll give him a ring tomorrow . ’
13 Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow .
14 ‘ Only God can make a tree , ’ he said , ‘ but we can give him a hand now and then .
15 I suppose we ought to go out and give him a hand really but
16 Oh yeah , I 'll give him the money now .
17 That will do him a lot better than this other guy 's plan .
18 Should have nabbed him the park though !
19 He did not know what had possessed him the night before , yet , gradually , the sweetness she gave him began to dissolve his confusion ; his vivid spurt of pleasure returned to him and he looked across at her and asked , ‘ Will you be coming to the passeggiata next Saturday ? ’
20 Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something .
21 And then , give him a choice like , can you
22 You give him a kiss now cos you sat on him .
23 Give him a ring later on this evening .
24 Give him a ring now .
25 Wallace and Deane look like the ideal combination as once they start passing to wallace it makes space for deane to also run into space so give HIM the variety too .
26 Chico offered Rex the kind of comforting smile Rex had offered him the night before .
27 Then I said , have you got him a house yet ?
28 Cora-Beth had told him the night before that there were letters and cards awaiting him from England , all of which had ‘ Not To Be Opened Until 5 Jan. ’ on the envelopes , so she had extracted a promise from him to leave them on his bedside table until this morning .
29 If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back .
30 he said you know what is it and I showed him a piece like , he said oh I he said yes , I said I 've taken the nails out that I did n't see , he said oh I 've got a metal detector here
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