Example sentences of "[art] [noun] and [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan turned to the porter and tossed him a silver coin . |
| 2 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’ |
| 4 | No wonder his chairman , Sam Hammam , has hit the roof and called him a mosquito brain . |
| 5 | She pressed her nose to the window and gave him a wave . |
| 6 | Schellenberg leaned across the desk and offered him a cigarette . |
| 7 | It was a 3-iron approach from 214 yards which hit the flag and left him a putt of only two feet . |
| 8 | By this time he would not have been surprised if she had taken up the lecture and returned him a brief history of the next four centuries . |
| 9 | " Not yet ; let's get a sup of tea into the lad and ask him a few questions . |
| 10 | He said goodbye to the tourist and wished him a pleasant stay . |
| 11 | I handed back the magazine and gave him a bundle of mail . |
| 12 | We got the dog and give him a couple of rope ends in his mouth and he take them across the ice . |
| 13 | I sat on the edge of the bed and wrote him a letter in my mind : |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll manage , ’ Tamar replied airily , as she collared a boy who was crossing the yard and slipped him a penny . |
| 15 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 16 | Religion becomes an opiate when it sets apart God from the world and makes him a means of escape from suffering that is a part of life . ’ |
| 17 | Well no just screaming at the top of his voice , our Ben had to bring him down in the end and give him a drink and start again , even then I had to stay with him until he went to sleep |
| 18 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 19 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 20 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |
| 21 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 22 | Section 8(1) of the Copyright Act 1956 , permits a person to make a record of a musical work for the purpose of its being sold retail , if he gives notice to the owner of the copyright and pays him a royalty of 6¼ per cent . |
| 23 | He waved the clerk to a seat and served him a cup of watered wine . |
| 24 | The British Museum agreed to get him a permit and to give him a grant , in return for any antiquities he might discover . |
| 25 | Mr. Morgan understood the deceased to want to make a will and handed him a piece of paper . |
| 26 | Jesus taught that discipleship was a journey and following him a narrow path ( Mk. 8.34 ) . |
| 27 | Got myself a bottle and got him a bottle . |