Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] him [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 I was helping him across a busy six-lane road in north London .
2 He saw the work that I examined and dealt with , and on the Tuesday , I was saluting him as an inspector .
3 He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud .
4 She was treating him like a little boy .
5 She was carrying him as a baby along a valley devoid of vegetation and with high hills on each side .
6 His excitement meant nothing to her ; she felt she was covering him with a pall of ash .
7 He turned towards Sylvia Toye , who was watching him with a smile on her face .
8 That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph .
9 Only it seems they was callin' him by a different name , or names even .
10 I mean , my mate , he went to hospital cos they said he was allergic to something and they was putting him in a thing that only
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