Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] he the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez .
2 And a performance that helped make him the Queen Mum 's favourite .
3 As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded .
4 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
5 But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them .
6 She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week .
7 Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all .
8 If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back .
9 Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed .
10 The day she 'd shown him the photograph
11 She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive .
12 ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more .
13 He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news .
14 George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well .
15 Papers which fought to win him the election have , like so many of his back-benchers and supporters , turned against him .
16 In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare .
17 On his way home to Brest , sailing north-about round Ireland , Jones confirmed his reputation as a maritime Robin Hood by releasing , with a new sail and money in their pockets , some Irish fishermen he had captured , but his arrival back in port , on 8 May 1778 , proved a disappointment , for the French failed to give him the hero 's welcome he had expected .
18 Finally , it should be noted , that even if the plaintiff manages to overcome the hurdle of proving a duty existed to give him the information , he must still establish causation .
19 One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring .
20 I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday .
21 So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away .
22 To his horror , Legia — obviously inspired by American television — decided to make him the $6m man , a fee which inevitably frightened off even the wealthy Italians .
23 Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions .
24 This did indeed occur , for when she went to embrace him the bodies of the lover and the beloved merged forever , becoming a double-sexed being — a youth with the breasts of a woman .
25 , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home .
26 The photographer offered to sell him the negatives for £30 at the time but he did n't have the money .
27 But once his novelty value had worn off among the blasé Viennese , his audiences declined , while jealousy and court intrigue combined to deny him the court appointments and lucrative commissions he so desperately needed .
28 ‘ There 's a message from Bill , ’ she said , then proceeded to give him the details .
29 But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time .
30 ‘ You did lend him the money , did n't you ? ’
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