Example sentences of "[vb past] him some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He pulled the knot on the belt , then re-tied it , tighter , as if the gesture afforded him some feeling of protection .
2 Chapman & Hall made him some compensation through extra payments for Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby , and by making loans and advances .
3 One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince .
4 That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew .
5 Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good .
6 When Norman gave him some canvases as a birthday present , Minton was astonished for he was unused to having his generosity returned .
7 Thierry 's remote connection with the family of Godfrey de Bouillon , along with his marriage with Sybilla of Anjou , Fulk V 's daughter , gave him some claim to the throne of Jerusalem ; as a consequence , the aristocracy of Outremer viewed him and Philip with mixed feelings , expecting much of them , yet fearing their ambitions .
8 Kendall was able to check his results to an extent , since much of his data related to villages whose location was known , and this gave him some confidence in suggesting the locations of the lost villages .
9 During an extended period of wandering in the sky world , Litaw met Inabay , who gave him some dust from her eyes .
10 I missed him some time during the night .
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