Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them asked him a question . |
| 2 | ‘ Shall I make him a lead , then ? ’ said Lee . |
| 3 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 4 | So I asked him a question . ’ |
| 5 | I asked him a question and he could answer no . |
| 6 | I , I asked him a couple of weeks or ten days back . |
| 7 | The camera was rolling and with Devonian subtlety , I asked him a succession of innocuous questions about his regional tour . |
| 8 | I asked him a little bit more about the play . |
| 9 | Mrs Jones recalls , ‘ I made him a robe and head-dress and his father made him a crook . |
| 10 | When we got to my house , I gave Man Friday some trousers , and I made him a coat and a hat . |
| 11 | " He just came down here , and I made him a cup of tea and we said an act of contrition together . " |
| 12 | But I made him a vow , ’ she shrugged . |
| 13 | him something else for Christmas , something smaller and I made him a model out of matchsticks and I said this is the prototype |
| 14 | I made him an illusion . |
| 15 | ‘ I met him a couple of times . |
| 16 | So I met him a couple of times . ’ |
| 17 | I lent him a fiver just in case love . |
| 18 | " He is , Ma'am ; I passed him a moment ago and he was talking to Mr Churchill . " |
| 19 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 20 | I got dad 's , I got him a video . |
| 21 | I got him a couple of times but he was one of the best I ever bowled to . |
| 22 | ‘ I got him a bit of coley , and it cost me what salmon would 've cost a few years back . |
| 23 | If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns . |
| 24 | Well , I found him a stretch of grass , but , whew , it was hot , 100 degrees . |
| 25 | The younger one wanted to be a sailor , and so I found him a place on a ship . |
| 26 | I shall make sure that I send him a copy of my speech tomorrow , which will give detail after detail of what is actually taking place in the valleys . |
| 27 | I told him a leash was all I had . |
| 28 | Slowly , disconnectedly , prompted by him , I told him a bit about Alison ; remembering his frankness the night before , produced some of my own . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Can I give him a message ? ’ |