Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] him the " in BNC.

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1 He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way .
2 Haslam believes this experience taught him the need to recognise that many products follow a predictable life cycle .
3 When he was at school another boy told him the Chinese see a rabbit in the moon .
4 This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level .
5 The fiasco started when a letter was delivered to his home in Barnet , Herts , earlier this week informing him the £9.41 cheque would not be honoured .
6 In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " .
7 Some critics called him the new Tennyson , and he had a collection of unpublished works with him on the plane which crashed into a mountain , just eight miles from Kathmandu .
8 Some Ministers told him the switch should be to income tax ; others , including Kenneth Baker , the home secretary , suggested VAT .
9 Of course ! she could see it all now : Luke had suggested this date to give him the opportunity to warn her off Rob !
10 That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
11 One would expect such energy to earn him the approval of the Nazarean hierarchy in Jerusalem .
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