Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then if I please to reach him a hand and pick him up again , he shall know and acknowledge to whom he owes it , and walk more humbly thereafter . |
| 2 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 3 | I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life . |
| 4 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 5 | I have to give him a name . |
| 6 | ‘ And I 'd advise you to reserve judgement on him till you get to know him a little better ! ’ |
| 7 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 8 | Goes mad when you have to call him a cockney . |
| 9 | But is there any situations where Abbey Life can overrule the doctor and say , we 're not happy with this , we want to appoint , we want to give him a medical with our own doctor . |
| 10 | ‘ We try to give him a little less tranquilliser each time , so that he might gradually get over it , but he does n't seem to get any better . |
| 11 | Do you think we have to offer him a meal ? ’ |