Example sentences of "[vb pp] him a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The sort of thing that would have delighted him a few months ago — he would have chuckled over its witty irreverence , and imagined with pleasure Clare 's shock and embarrassment had she come across it . |
2 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
3 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
4 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
5 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
6 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
7 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
8 | Mauve had given him a few casts of hands and feet to take home and study . |
9 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
10 | She had asked him a few Saturdays ago if everything was all right between them . |
11 | Ironically , one of Mr Yeltsin 's critics , Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , speaker of parliament , might have swung him a few votes by appealing at the start of the session for deputies to behave responsibly , seek compromise and encourage ‘ dialogue , not monologue ’ . |
12 | Then he noticed that a boy , who had passed him a few minutes before , had returned , and was now looking at him carefully from the opposite side of the road . |
13 | ‘ And Seb 's ridden him a few times . |