Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 2 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 3 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 4 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 5 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 6 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 7 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 10 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 11 | The Intelligence Corps instructor who had taught him the trade would have had such a lock open with one twist but Maxim was out of practice and the lock was old and arthritic . |
| 12 | Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first . |
| 13 | It was his mother , Yevdoxia , who without meaning to had given him the idea . |
| 14 | The one Masklin had found in the Store , the one that had given him the idea for driving the Truck . |
| 15 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 16 | His colleagues at the NSC , John Lang continued , had given him the nickname ‘ Knight Rider ’ , after the television hero ( ’ one man and his machine , dedicated to the righting of wrongs ’ ) , for his disappearances to confer with the contras . |
| 17 | Lisa had given him the choice of staying with her , or going off but she insisted he decide then as she did n't want him leaving in the middle of it all . |
| 18 | If Schopenhauer had given him the notion of a personal vision of life , Wagner gave him first-hand knowledge of a creative talent and the ambition to emulate its cultural achievements . |
| 19 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 20 | Eleanor had given him the opportunity he had needed . |
| 21 | The Galapagos islands had given him the clue by showing that small populations derived from the same original species could evolve in different directions when separated by a geographical barrier such as the ocean . |
| 22 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 23 | The fan who had given him the pen had had L. M. inscribed on it . |
| 24 | Just before he left , Creed had given him the date . |
| 25 | Ever since the pharmaceutical company for which he worked had given him the vehicle given , thought Henry grimly ) number 47 had been watching over it in a manner that suggested an emotion deeper than motherhood , more desperate than romantic love . |
| 26 | His decisive , no-nonsense manner had given him the reputation of being a good doctor , and this had been only slightly dented by one or two spectacularly wrong diagnoses . |
| 27 | Spain was still deeply divided by the war and the choice of its commemorative dates ( such as " Victory Day " , or 18 July ) for the announcement of important political decisions was a tactic frequently used by Franco , reminding people that it was the outcome of the war that had given him the power to alter the country 's course as he thought fit . |
| 28 | Mitch had given him the number of a guy called Turner . |
| 29 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 30 | Mrs Wright had given him the key to lock the door but he had n't locked it . |