Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Australian businessman Alan Bond shot to international prominence when it was revealed that Sotheby 's had lent him the money to purchase van Gogh 's $53.9 million ‘ Irises ’ . |
| 2 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 3 | A GUN inspector whose jealous wife helped get him the sack was unfairly dismissed , a tribunal ruled yesterday . |
| 4 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 5 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 6 | It was the Emperor Constantine who had given Pope Sylvester the whole kingdom of the West and had attempted to give him the crown . |
| 7 | Has the company appeared to escort him the rest of the way ? |
| 8 | It would have been better if the programmer 's skill was recognized making him the author or joint author of " computer-generated " works . |
| 9 | It seems increasingly likely that he will join Smith as assistant manager at Bristol City , although the Roker board could be forced to offer him the manager 's post if Sunderland win the FA Cup . |
| 10 | The two complaints combined to earn him the nickname ‘ teapot ’ among the girls in the brothel where he lived . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd been going out together on dates for a month or so , ’ she began haltingly , too emotionally drained to refuse him the information he wanted . |
| 12 | Only last year , on the instructions of Luther Reynolds , David had brought the boy out of the mines and begun to teach him the way of business ; Matthew often accompanied him on his rounds , and though he made little attempt to befriend David , the boy worked , and learned , and spent so many hours closeted in the ‘ den ’ with the old man , that Beth was obliged to voice her concern . |
| 13 | And with Forest still at the bottom of the Premier League , Clough insisted : ‘ If I 'd waited to offer him the contract after Saturday he may have blown it . |
| 14 | She had always intended to tell him the truth , but somehow the time was never right … |
| 15 | Jason Donovan is not seeking the full amount controversially awarded him by the jury in the High Court , but we are still required to pay him the sum of £95,000 in reduced costs and damages . |
| 16 | John Stanley 's extemporizations on the organ of Temple Church in London were attended by Handel , and yet the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries has failed to gain him the reputation that he should enjoy today . |