Example sentences of "i have [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 4 | I felt as if I 'd handed him a loaded shotgun and said shoot . ’ |
| 5 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I had misunderstood him a bit . |
| 6 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
| 7 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 8 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 9 | I wish I had landed him a facer ! ’ |
| 10 | There was a silence , as if I had asked him a very profound question . |
| 11 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 12 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 13 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 14 | I had met him every day of my life in England : punching my ticket on a ‘ bus , cutting my hair , selling me an evening newspaper or looking after the engine of my aeroplane . |
| 15 | I had met him a couple of times , and he had submitted a paper I had written for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society . |
| 16 | I had to ask him the way to the police station . |
| 17 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 18 | I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it . |
| 19 | I had thought him the luckiest man on the FAKOUM Central Committee . |
| 20 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 21 | He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion . |
| 22 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 23 | Pip 's servant at Barnard 's Inn , whom he nicknames ‘ the Avenger ’ because ‘ after I had made the monster ( out of the refuse of my washerwoman 's family ) and had clothed him with a blue coat , canary waistcoat , white cravat , creamy breeches , and [ top boots ] , I had to find him a little to do and a great deal to eat ; and with both of those horrible requirements he haunted my existence ’ . |
| 24 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 25 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 26 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 27 | ‘ I 've met him a couple of times . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 29 | I 've given him a couple of garters for his socks . |
| 30 | I 've given him the newspaper to read — I thought it might take his mind off things . ’ |