Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack 's magnificent start with the Eagles could win him a dramatic recall for Australia in next month 's World Cup final against Great Britain . |
| 2 | Rather than treating the foreign investor as a rival , we should consider him a valuable helper , for he increases our production and the efficiencies of our business . |
| 3 | Martin Amis in 1980 when his Money could n't buy him a decent shirt |
| 4 | His witty daughter , who attends Gwladys Street Primary School in the shadow of Everton 's Goodison Park , says : ‘ I 'll buy him a nice present and we 'll have a little tea party for him . |
| 5 | Generally I 'd buy him a second-hand suit and take it up . |
| 6 | If he attempts to talk to you , you will flick him a haughty glance and say nothing . |
| 7 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 8 | As a fully qualified professional , Geoffrey is eligible for a scheme that will advance him a larger loan for his new house than normal income multiples would allow . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll give him a good wash , and change his socks and shoes , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ That should give him a good laugh . ’ |
| 11 | His kisses and cuddles soothed me , and I stopped crying when he said : ‘ He 's a bad dog , and I 'll give him a good hiding for that . ’ |
| 12 | which would give him a good break really to get a few things done . |
| 13 | These are self-report inventories where the testee has the possibility of cheating in that he can respond with an answer which he considers will give him a good score rather than providing a completely truthful one . |
| 14 | Did you say he was in North Africa ? if we ca n't do anything about his legs we 'll give him a new head when he gets back . |
| 15 | It might even give him a nice profit on his outlay , which was nothing to worry about . |
| 16 | I might just do that ; it would give him a nice surprise . |
| 17 | ‘ There must be lots of people in the village who will want to help us give him a nice birthday . |
| 18 | The Leader would give him a right bollocking , but there were no hard feelings , because everyone knew that really he loved the poor little bugger , with an almost fatherly concern . |
| 19 | United manager Jim McLean revealed that he deliberately took off Michael O'Neill six minutes from the end so that the travelling support could give him a personal ovation . |
| 20 | I just tell him to shut up and give him a sharp rap across the knuckles . |
| 21 | I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright . |
| 22 | He always understood that the papal decree imposed on himself an absolute personal obligation of obedience , but it did not give him a general responsibility for promoting the principle , or for enforcing the obedience of others . |
| 23 | In a hurry to find me and too tired to pay attention to detail , he might give him a cursory glance and exclaim , relieved , " Ah , there you are . " |
| 24 | Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes . |
| 25 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 26 | The honourable gentleman said that was a straight question , I shall give him a straight answer , er no it would n't , er if I can return to the line of er explanation I was giving Mr Deputy Speaker . |
| 27 | It would n't do him any harm to take this ungoverned creature for a short jaunt in the fields and the experience would give him a splendid ascendancy over Inspector Burden when he walked into the station at nine-thirty . |
| 28 | He 'll give him a greater measure of liberty even so , if Harry 'll give his parole , but Harry 'll give him nothing short of a dagger . |
| 29 | The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance . |
| 30 | If he appeared in that door now , probably none of the girls here would give him a second glance : it 's all long hair and round shoulders now , is n't it , like yesterday 's flowers . |