Example sentences of "[vb base] him the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle .
2 Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was .
3 If he needs a more imaginative approach to biblical meditation , show him the Ignatian method .
4 His sisters did n't tell him about their books , or show him the new ones that they were writing .
5 The world No 1 blames the media for the pressure which almost cost him the Open Championship at Muirfield — and also blitzed the Americans for their win-at-all-costs attitude to the Ryder Cup .
6 I … that is I , my wife and my children … we , I , do not like to invite a friend to a party and not give him the best .
7 Give him the damn jacket and stop being such a petty bitch . ’
8 And give him the good news .
9 Give him the first half , and see what he would do .
10 As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it .
11 Although the polls give him the lowest performance rating of any post-war leader , Mr Major doubted there would be a challenge this year .
12 June give him the paying in book .
13 Corsie , however , produced a perfect running bowl to take out Gourlay 's two nearest and give him the three shots he needed to take the set .
14 During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday .
15 You 're always give him the last sweet to him !
16 So you will walk into that store and give him the haughtiest stare you are capable of — and you can do it , ’ he promised .
17 And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not .
18 The wide strip will contain a language pattern which is well known to the pupils , eg give him the large book .
19 Although car dealer Cannan has always denied any involvement in Suzy 's disappearance , several detectives still consider him the chief suspect in the baffling case .
20 ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent .
21 So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know .
22 He 's the type that you 're gon na have to be firm with Lynn , tell him the only way he 's gon na accept it , is you tell him you just do n't love him
23 ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’
24 " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures .
25 I ’ m going to write to James , and tell him the true story .
26 They teach him the dynamic techniques of his art in order that he may be able to apply them , perhaps in a life-or-death predicament , on the streets .
27 Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water .
28 If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism .
29 I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle .
30 When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield .
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