Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] him the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position .
2 The owner of one of the most spiritual voices in music , he 's seen success beckon before only to give him the finger once he started to trust .
3 It is not enough to give him the facts .
4 Steve Smith , the 19-year-old Liverpool high jumper , smashed his British and Commonwealth indoor record with 2.37m , but it was only enough to earn him the bronze .
5 If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence .
6 Then the pale spillage from streetlights seeped back again , barely enough to show him the gun when he pointed it .
7 He had seen enough terror there to last him the rest of his days .
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