Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constant change was worse still ; in the words of one satirist , the scandal of the player was not so much that he disguised his real self in playing ; rather he had no self apart from that which he was playing : ‘ The Statute hath done wisely to acknowledge him a Rogue and errant , tor his chiefe essence is , A daily Counterfeit … |
| 2 | The whole plane was full and Nick had done well to get him a seat at all . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 5 | That did not make him a criminal under section 14 . |
| 6 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 7 | He was so cool now , so calm , and the fact that she was feeling utterly wretched did not bother him a bit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Do not give him a pretext to strike you down . ’ |
| 10 | His aspect was cheerful and his speech and motion did both declare him a gentleman . ’ |
| 11 | Anyway , I do know they hung Him up on the cross so it did n't do Him a lot of good . |
| 12 | It did n't do him a lot of good in the early er in the early days , but er it did stand him in good stead later of course because he became er er a full-time official o of the er Notts area N U M. |
| 13 | True enough , he lived in a caravan and travelled from town to town with the others in his travelling group but it was n't a garishly painted van like the ones old time gypsies occupied , just a normal common-or-garden caravan , the type people stay in on holiday , but that did n't make him a gypsy . |
| 14 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
| 15 | Even Americans round the table , who did n't give him a snowball in hell 's chance of getting approval to his plan , had to admit that he was still in there , fighting like a demon for a lost cause . |
| 16 | A month ago I did n't give him a dog 's chance , but a funny thing seems to have happened on the way to X-ray . ’ |
| 17 | In my opinion , they did n't give him a chance . |
| 18 | I 'm surprised it did n't give him a heart attack there and then . |
| 19 | I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’ |
| 20 | People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance . |
| 21 | Batty certainly ca n't be excused on the grounds the manager did n't give him a ‘ fair crack of the whip ’ can he ? |
| 22 | Well he reckons we 're losing our business now because we did n't give him a deal |
| 23 | " I mean , I did n't call him a black bastard or anything ? " |
| 24 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 25 | that 's disgraceful that yeah and so that was from erm Street down to the and down the back so it would n't take , did n't take him a couple of minutes down to the mission |
| 26 | as if Oscar did n't teach him a lesson . |
| 27 | If you do n't give him a yardstick , you get this . |
| 28 | Bet you do n't wake him a lot ! |
| 29 | I do n't mind saying I do n't blame him a bit ! |
| 30 | The only reason I do n't call him a c*** is the commitment he showed to Leeds for eight years , through good times and bad . |