Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] he [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sue , can I , I need to ask him a question . |
| 2 | Actually I forgot about it or else I would 've ma I would 've got him a card . |
| 3 | so er we must remember to buy him a card and something |
| 4 | He asked whether she would mind calling him a cab and she dangled car keys and said she would drive him herself . |
| 5 | I 've found out more about it now , so if you would n't mind giving him a message , Ruth ? |
| 6 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 7 | If we can put all this point-scoring to one side , I should like to ask him a question concerning several thousand of my constituents . |
| 8 | She did not like to ask him the nature of his work , thinking that if he were something incommunicable , the effort of inventing a lie might crack him up completely . |
| 9 | Still ca n't you dare to make him an offer on it ? |
| 10 | I would like to show him a folder overflowing with letters from visitors to Llangoed Hall , praising the warmth and professionalism of the staff . |
| 11 | He even suggested maybe I 'd like to show him the cut . |
| 12 | ‘ We like to think that the programme is n't in competition with Barry Norman , but we do want to give him a run for his money . ’ |
| 13 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 14 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 15 | ‘ Could you have given him a home ? ’ |
| 16 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 17 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |
| 18 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 19 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |
| 20 | The Navy may have given him an air of commanding responsibility , but it was his year running the Queen 's Silver Jubilee Appeal in 1977 that finally made him his own man , and not his father 's son . |
| 21 | And though the visit could have given him an opportunity to kill his father , and then drive down the next day to discover the body , that was the one crime which every logical motive screamed against . |
| 22 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 23 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 24 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 25 | Clearly some forward planning in 1992 would have given him the opportunity to organise his affairs and avoid many of his problems . |
| 26 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
| 27 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 28 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
| 29 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |