Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 2 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 3 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 4 | I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’ |
| 5 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I had misunderstood him a bit . |
| 6 | I wish I had landed him a facer ! ’ |
| 7 | There was a silence , as if I had asked him a very profound question . |
| 8 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 9 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 10 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 11 | I had met him every day of my life in England : punching my ticket on a ‘ bus , cutting my hair , selling me an evening newspaper or looking after the engine of my aeroplane . |
| 12 | I had met him a couple of times , and he had submitted a paper I had written for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society . |
| 13 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 14 | I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it . |
| 15 | I had thought him the luckiest man on the FAKOUM Central Committee . |
| 16 | He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion . |
| 17 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 18 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 19 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 20 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 21 | ‘ I 've met him a couple of times . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 23 | I 've given him a couple of garters for his socks . |
| 24 | I 've given him the newspaper to read — I thought it might take his mind off things . ’ |
| 25 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 26 | Of course I 've made him a pie — why should n't I ? |
| 27 | I might find I 've cooked him a dinner and he does n't want it . |
| 28 | Ever since first encountering Gavrilov at the Touraine Music Festival in the mid-1970s , I 've thought him a player of infinite potential , with a technique of which legends are made . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 30 | ‘ Yeah , I 've caught him a coupla times . |