Example sentences of "[verb] him a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
| 2 | The sort of thing that would have delighted him a few months ago — he would have chuckled over its witty irreverence , and imagined with pleasure Clare 's shock and embarrassment had she come across it . |
| 3 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 4 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
| 5 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 6 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 7 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 9 | Theodora allowed him a few moments and then she said , gently , ‘ There is , is there not , one further element ? |
| 10 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
| 11 | Archie joined him a few seconds later , closing the door behind him . |
| 12 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 13 | I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really . |
| 14 | He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . |
| 15 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 16 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 17 | He might find it useful having an old man like me around to give him a few tips on how to manage horses . ’ |
| 18 | Johnny Dawes had a whipround in the pub as a sort of True Path benefit gig to give him a few days more . |
| 19 | Like I 've him at , watched him a few times , she goes , get off he says , what |
| 20 | Eleanor rang him a few days later and he was remarkably cool . |
| 21 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
| 22 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Mr Cunningham asked if you could spare him a few minutes before leaving the hotel . |
| 24 | She met him a few days after she started the job . |
| 25 | Mauve had given him a few casts of hands and feet to take home and study . |
| 26 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
| 27 | " Not yet ; let's get a sup of tea into the lad and ask him a few questions . |
| 28 | Endill was thrown to the ground and it took him a few minutes to realise what had happened . |
| 29 | It took him a few minutes to find a public phone booth . |
| 30 | The sea was such a mess that it took him a few moments to be sure of the reef . |