Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] him 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 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Papers which fought to win him the election have , like so many of his back-benchers and supporters , turned against him . |
| 5 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 10 | So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home . |
| 15 | The photographer offered to sell him the negatives for £30 at the time but he did n't have the money . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a message from Bill , ’ she said , then proceeded to give him the details . |
| 18 | By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . |
| 19 | If I tell you that Maureen actually had to give him the kiss of life twice when he caught a chill , you 'll appreciate why we went to such lengths to keep him warm . |
| 20 | Thérèse had to offer him the apéritif , Léonie the fluted glass dish of polished Japanese crackers . |
| 21 | I had to ask him the way to the police station . |
| 22 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 23 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 24 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 25 | She should stop him , should grab that exploring finger , but something within her refused to give him the satisfaction . |
| 26 | A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office . |
| 27 | She did n't want Georg back but she wanted to hurt him the way Gesner had hurt her . |
| 28 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 29 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |