Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he discovers the bar owner doubles up as the town sheriff and that gunman Lyle has just given him a lift . |
| 2 | His defiance of Uncle Sam has even earned him a grudging respect . |
| 3 | he has two sons and two daughters , one of whom has recently made him a grandad and , although he confesses to still having the odd game of cricket , his main pastime nowadays is deep-sea fishing . |
| 4 | Unlike the Beggar , the friend does return once , looks over Hoccleve 's work ( a translation from the Gesta Romanorum ) , and goes home to fetch him a better copy , including the moralising of the tale which Hoccleve 's copy lacks , and which he immediately begins to translate . |
| 5 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 6 | In 1915 , Grand Admiral von Tirpitz confided to his diary : ‘ The Kaiser does not give him a chance . ’ |
| 7 | He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’ |
| 8 | Even so , it does n't make him a bad man . ’ |
| 9 | This subject does n't give him a chance to do so . |
| 10 | well I think he likes never give him a , a chance when he 's here |