Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 2 | . Do you know that card you bought him the duck ? |
| 3 | Perhaps he had hit a patch of false going which caused him to lose his action , or had a fleeting muscular spasm which lost him the use of his hind legs — something like Bryan Marshall had reported after a couple of his races earlier in the season . |
| 4 | But the thing he most lacked in Salzburg was the scope to exercise his powers as composer of opera , the genre which interested him the most . |
| 5 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 6 | Northumberland senior boys 110 metres hurdler Kevin Lumsden knocked four barriers down but won in 14.9 secs , a three-second improvement on the run which earned him the county title seven days earlier . |
| 7 | Paris bound : Paul Williamson , a chef at the Stormont Hotel , Belfast with his mouth-watering pork Craigantlet Creel dish which won him the Hastings Ulster Pork Challenge title at a competition held in the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education . |
| 8 | In 1861 Crookes made the discovery which brought him the necessary eminence ; he identified the new element thallium . |
| 9 | Vic Brown in John Schlesinger 's A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) settles for telly-watching inanity within marriage , while Billy Liar in the same director 's 1963 film turns away from the girl who offers him the chance to fulfil his ambitions in London . |
| 10 | On its release in Britain , the Daily Worker described it as ‘ the first genuine ‘ mod ’ film of the British cinema' and the Sunday Express declared that ‘ its real jewels are the shining performances of Michael Crawford , as the gauche youth , and Miss Tushingham , as the girl who gives him the knowledge . |
| 11 | Quinn , meanwhile , joined Coventry with a good luck message from the boss who showed him the door at St James ' Park . |
| 12 | That kitten grew rapidly into a sleek handsome cat with a boisterous nature which earned him the name of Buster . |
| 13 | FURIOUS Nigel Mansell ended his Formula One career yesterday with a blast at the team which gave him the World Drivers ' Championship . |
| 14 | An archaeologist who has transformed the way people think about his area of study ; a communicator who can make an enthralling TV programme ; a lover of contemporary art who has persuaded the Fellows of his Cambridge college at least to tolerate biannual sculpture shows ( one of which involved digging up the hallowed lawns ) ; and now , since his peerage which gives him the forum of Britain 's Upper House , a politician , with strong views on how to preserve the world 's history as encapsulated in its archaeology : Colin Renfrew at fifty-five has an enviable career and range of interests . |
| 15 | The regular conductor Bruno Walder was taken ill , and Bernstein suffering from a hangover had to take over for a Sunday afternoon concert broadcast on radio across America ; he captivated the audience and the critics , as much with his conducting prowess as with his gyrations on the podium which earned him the nickname ‘ Leaping Lennie ’ . |
| 16 | When they reached the old farmhouse she handed him the fare , absent-mindedly giving him a tip that was at least treble the size she would normally have made , barely aware of his delighted grin as she made her way towards the kitchen |
| 17 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 18 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 19 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 20 | He fired again , and felt the lesser kick which told him the ball had only lodged half-way down the barrel . |
| 21 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
| 22 | However , it is always possible that the person who sold him the goods , later acquires the title to them . |
| 23 | The employer will have a contract with the person who sold him the equipment and will probably be able to recoup his losses through a contract action . |
| 24 | He had been given curious looks by the person who gave him the directions which show that he was a stranger as he was not recognised . |
| 25 | Yet Erhard 's honest , calm , and fair-minded character reflected a lack of political acumen and an inability to wield authority which won him the nickname of ‘ the Rubber Lion ’ . |
| 26 | Ten minutes ahead on the clock , Short castled on the queenside and began a pawn advance which secured him the initiative . |
| 27 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 28 | William Hill have already reacted by installing him as 5-2 favourite to win the world after his record fifth successive victory in the Masters , a performance which earned him the gold trophy for keeps . |
| 29 | A lonely childhood , a youthful longing for adventure , made it easy enough for Dick to lay aside his devotion to an almost legendary father and to dedicate himself to the service of a man who gave him the emotional security and incentive he had lacked for so long . |
| 30 | The 32-year-old Irishman said his struggle to return to the form which won him the world title and Tours of France and Italy in 1987 his 1987 level , when he won a world title and the Tours of France and Italy , had placed strains on his family . |