Example sentences of "[verb] him a [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’ |
| 2 | Give him a this afternoon . |
| 3 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 4 | I asked Make-Up to give him a few mosquito bites but he refused point-blank . |
| 5 | If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’ |
| 6 | She 'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending , heartless , authoritarian attitude . |
| 7 | The screen shivered and cleared as he cut off , which allowed me to offer him a few choice epithets that he could n't hear . |