Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.

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1 I asked to give him a lead .
2 And then if I please to reach him a hand and pick him up again , he shall know and acknowledge to whom he owes it , and walk more humbly thereafter .
3 Sue , can I , I need to ask him a question .
4 I tried to give him a withering look .
5 Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’
6 I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life .
7 I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question .
8 I want to tell him the story of my life .
9 I want to make him an excellent offer for Sleet , one impossible to refuse .
10 Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on .
11 Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face .
12 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
13 I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’
14 I forgot to get him a card to go out again for a card .
15 Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him .
16 I began to understand him a little The rubber clothing , for example , I never saw as part of his own sexual fantasy world , but as part of the fascination he had with all secret worlds .
17 I remember seeing him a couple of times . ’
18 Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing !
19 It happened during the final couple of years of my marriage when , tired of the humiliation my husband 's affairs imposed on me , I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine .
20 By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth .
21 So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience ,
22 I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday .
23 So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away .
24 I decided to hand him a quarter
25 I offered to give him a game or two if he needed the practice but , as he soon told me , snooker training is a lot more complicated than that nowadays .
26 Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ?
27 , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home .
28 I do find him a bit wet after David Owen
29 He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there
30 Derek 's mother was my great-aunt 's daughter which I think made him a half cousin to me .
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