Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] him [art] " 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 | In reply I sent him a cutting from the catalogue of a well known UK mail order equipment company . |
| 3 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Which helmet , oh the helmet I see him every morning driving to school . |
| 8 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 9 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 10 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 11 | While he was in school I gave him every chance I could to play before an audience , both in the school and in the local YMCA . |
| 12 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 13 | Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive . |