Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 2 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 3 | I 've just bought him a shoulder of lamb , a breast of lamb , well he |
| 4 | They 've already given him a taste of the castor oil , a bout of gaol , a bit of a beating , just a tickle , a caress of their united methods , but still , you know , you 'd think it was enough , it has kept so many others from singing . |
| 5 | But we 've had a very very well we 've still got him a good treasurer . |
| 6 | Er , I have n't sent him a letter back yet cos I thought , wondered whether anybody 'd like to volunteer to write , I sent a card last year . |
| 7 | I have n't given him a thought for years … ’ |
| 8 | I 'll I promised Mr a list but I 've had a very busy week and have n't done him a list this week and I have promised and I 've broken a promise . |
| 9 | Geoff , an old fashioned sort of polliss , retired on health grounds a few years back and we still have n't bought him a pint . |
| 10 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
| 11 | In an entirely separate category is the ‘ St Jerome ’ of one Vittorio Sgarbi , a minor art historian with exhibitionist tendencies which have made him a television personality in his own country , and , like Cicciolina , have recently earned him a seat in parliament . |