Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 2 | ‘ No great deal , perhaps , my lord , save to spare him a costly war . |
| 3 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 4 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 5 | Now instead they 've offered him a new one year contract . |
| 6 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 8 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 9 | Though I enjoyed the book immensely it did seem that to an extent Mayle had used the plot to answer the numerous critics who , riddled by jealousy at the success of his two books ( Toujour Provence was the second ) , have given him a good going over . |
| 10 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 11 | Ten years with Courtaulds Italia , based in Milan , have given him a Mediterranean outlook on life which squares easily with the goals of Single Market integration . |
| 12 | His family have bought him a new hi-fi for Christmas . |
| 13 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 14 | have to send him a stamped envelope with the address of the guy and putting on it . |
| 15 | ‘ We have sent him a loyal birthday telegram in exile , ’ he said . |
| 16 | The patient 's memory can be retrained through simple exercises such as question-and-answer sessions after you have read him a short passage from a book or newspaper . |