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 . |