Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 2 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 3 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 4 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 5 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I intended to give him a further lesson on the facts of life , later . |
| 8 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |