Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF the man in your life is bored with socks , scarves and slippers , how about buying him the ultimate shirt for Christmas ? |
| 2 | I have another seven days before Jens 's cousin arrives from the States and finds his would-be protégé has been seduced into giving him the cold shoulder . ’ |
| 3 | I did not see the value in teaching him the English equivalents of these words , and merely reminded him to talk in English . |
| 4 | Harvey said , ‘ Yes , ’ very briefly , and handed it over before giving him the little 6.35-mm . |
| 5 | There was an element of choice in Sukarno 's arrest ; he could have escaped into the surrounding countryside , but he awaited capture , perhaps calculating that in arresting him the Dutch were outraging international opinion . |
| 6 | Fear , attraction , dismay , and total confusion : she had experienced them all since meeting him the previous day . |
| 7 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |
| 8 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |