Example sentences of "[verb] him the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dogged him the length and breadth of the country , wherever the small troupe of players appeared . |
| 2 | At this first meeting I expressed appreciation at their continuing confidence in me ; undertook to mediate ( this time unpaid ) ; and also to involve the services of John Montgomerie , whose clear-headed , quiet wisdom had earned him the respect and confidence of everyone he had dealt with . |
| 3 | 's scientific knowledge , and uncompromising standards and principles have earned him the respect and admiration of any who worked with , or even against him . |
| 4 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
| 5 | I told him the price when he ordered them |
| 6 | I told him the love and character evident in that sofa was worth at least £50 . |
| 7 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
| 8 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 9 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 10 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
| 11 | I can give him the assurance that both he and the local authority in his constituency will have ample opportunity to express their views on how best to design the line to reduce the environmental impact . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd willingly give him the belt but he would n't take it . |
| 13 | I mean even if she walks out he does n't , no court in the land would give him the house if it 's hers . |
| 14 | This will allow John to expand and will give him the feeling that someone will listen to him . |
| 15 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 16 | Erm I think it was an inter-club actually , oh the inter-club table show was the only night he could manage and that was no good to us so erm we , we the only way we could do it was to t bring him the night that there was a full table show transfer the full table show to the champion of champions judge that first and put the winning fish into the champion of champions and I know , well it 's gon na be woof you know a rush and that will , oh well , never mind . |
| 17 | Well what I do with Matthew is , I put him the lettuce and tomato and celery in one portion he has er , cottage cheese and coleslaw in the other and |
| 18 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 19 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 20 | Again , he bowed his head to the child , and when she 'd run off , he tapped again on the wall , and when the boy from the cafe appeared , he handed him the bird and asked him to keep it in his cellar for coolness until he returned from Riba on the train that evening , after he had collected the rent . |
| 21 | As Robert leaned over to open the passenger door , she handed him the plaster but made no attempt to get in . |
| 22 | She handed him the cup and he swallowed the remains with a gulp . |
| 23 | She blew smoke out , coughed , and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word . |
| 24 | Asik handed him the sandwich but this time no hand reached towards the morsel . |
| 25 | Patrick handed him the club and stood back . |
| 26 | She handed him the beer and their fingers touched briefly . |
| 27 | No servant should be at liberty to carry it off to a rival in trade and thus save him the expense and expertise of doing it himself " . |
| 28 | ‘ When they have a problem , they give him the ball and he does a few tricks . |
| 29 | Oh , give him the sack or what |
| 30 | He lived in at that time just over the road er down the road here and then something went wrong during the war that was over my father and er cos matter of fact when my father come off the dredger erm the Harbourmaster wanted to give him er he give him the push and turned round and he said my father name was . |