Example sentences of "give he a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 2 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 3 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 4 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 5 | He might find it useful having an old man like me around to give him a few tips on how to manage horses . ’ |
| 6 | Johnny Dawes had a whipround in the pub as a sort of True Path benefit gig to give him a few days more . |
| 7 | Mauve had given him a few casts of hands and feet to take home and study . |
| 8 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
| 9 | She gave him a few things , all invented , and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger . |
| 10 | Patrick guessed he was bringing a tray into the sitting room , which gave him a few moments . |
| 11 | After that I got us on to less dangerous ground , and I gave him a few tit-bits of intelligence , which was probably what he 'd been after . |
| 12 | Ten days on the ocean gave him a few chances to visit the cabins of single women , but until they arrived in New York , there were no places to escape once the liaison ended , however passionately , half-heartedly , or ephemerally it had begun . |
| 13 | And erm we er I gave him a few tips on what to revise on |
| 14 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 15 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |
| 16 | Joe can swerve a ball , but Fred gives him a few tips on spinning it , too — without picking the seam ! |