Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] him the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 2 | If he 's her lawyer , perhaps she 's already given him the photograph . |
| 3 | And it 's that devotion that 's just won him the title of Britains most romantic top tycoon . |
| 4 | This was untrue , but I had already lent him the money . ’ |
| 5 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 6 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 7 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 8 | She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it . |
| 9 | Others , like Hayling , obviously had talent , but none of them had even a fraction of the experience or ability which had twice earned him the Journalist of the Year award for his coverage of Vietnam and Cambodia . |
| 10 | And God , in his infinite wisdom , or in a moment of severe brainstorm , had actually given him the go-ahead . |