Example sentences of "by [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By dismissing him the Respondent left a cloud over his honesty which can be removed only by full vindication in respect of that . |
| 2 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |
| 3 | However she was honest enough to feel that , as she had begun the courting by sending him the valentine , she ought not to refuse him now . |
| 4 | He managed somehow to get Caspar near the tree and by giving him the wrapping to chew he got him to stop barking . |
| 5 | The old king rewarded Sigmar by giving him the warhammer Ghal Maraz , or Skull Splitter , an ancient magic heirloom of Kurgan 's house . |
| 6 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
| 7 | Anthemius intended to acknowledge his achievements by giving him the title of patricius , but the emperor was himself killed by Gundobad . |
| 8 | As a great favour , the well-known proprietor of a cigar shop he frequented introduced him to a ‘ gentleman ’ with a den in Piccadilly who offered to ‘ help him out of his difficulty ’ by lending him the money . |
| 9 | The editor of the Church of England Newspaper remarked that the overzealousness of Ramsey 's friends did him a disservice by making him the representative of an intolerant school of thought and by inflating his reputation beyond what his record would endorse . |
| 10 | This was precisely the situation in which Charles and Elizabeth found themselves in 1772 ; and we may surmise that they did what brother John was to do later — in the absence of Thomas the Calvinist , who had died just over a year previously , they honoured Charles 's elder brother William by making him the godfather and giving the child his Christian name . |
| 11 | The last thing she wanted , now that she had gained a small advantage , was to blow that advantage by telling him the truth . |
| 12 | He served him well by telling him the truth and by refusing to scheme against him . |
| 13 | Britain bought him off by offering him the sovereignty of this area , ‘ Transjordan ’ . |
| 14 | The feoffees for impropriations came to his rescue by offering him the vicarage of All Saints ' , Hertford ( where the millenarian Christopher Feake , q.v. , was later to serve ) . |