Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 2 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 3 | And he thought they were going to buy him a parrot . |
| 4 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 5 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 6 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 9 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 10 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 11 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 12 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 13 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 14 | Albert was reading in the library because Mr Morgan was coming to give him an extra Greek lesson and Hepzibah was busy , bustling in and out of the kitchen with no time for Carrie . |
| 15 | Often the farmers ' produce was subsidised to give him a living whilst another subsidy on the food in the shops kept prices artificially low — so wages could be pegged too . |
| 16 | As the weeks went by , Noreen was thrown more and more together with him , but nothing happened , and even Maria was learning to like him a little bit . |
| 17 | And eventually Doyle was forced to tell him the whole story . |
| 18 | His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . |
| 19 | And er that 's right there was only four of us then and erm this little coffin was there and my sister was trying to feed him a piece of apple while he was in his coffin , saying do you want a piece of apple in Welsh to him . |
| 20 | To check his wandering thoughts he started to ask her to resume her labours elsewhere and finish the surgery when he had completed his own tasks in it — Only to find that she was hopping gently from foot to foot , and was bursting to ask him a question . |
| 21 | There was an equine ‘ flu scare on and I was advised to give him a booster , which I did . |