Example sentences of "[verb] him the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now , forty years on , there was at last the technology — laser-tracking CD video — that would give him the finest sound with the finest picture-resolution in a medium that was compatible with the new domestic sound system that would , by the early 1990s , render the LP largely obsolete . |
| 32 | The canny scribe had just persuaded the RAF to effectively give him the ultimate freebie , one which will remain the envy of flying hacks everywhere for many decades to come . |
| 33 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 34 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 35 | Next time he sends you greetings do give him the right salute instead of the two-fingered one . |
| 36 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 37 | Maybe we 'll come across a friendly native with a forked stick going in the right direction and I 'll give him the big-screen smile and hand it over . |
| 38 | I am sure that you will give him the same affirmation and support you gave to me when I arrived . |
| 39 | First , the firm must not indicate that the customer would be a customer of a UK office and , if the customer is a private customer , must give him the prescribed disclosure warning him that all or most of the FSA protections will not apply . |
| 40 | And would Feargal now give him the third degree ? |
| 41 | She was shrewd enough to understand that the way he had been treated as a child would give him the added drive and determination to better himself . |
| 42 | If you are faced with a filthy horse on an equally filthy day , you can give him the equine equivalent of a bed bath . |
| 43 | Madam , I 'm gon na ask you to say in those circumstances that we should give him the maximum discharge . |
| 44 | In those days Madame would never stop him from drinking , would never put her hand out over his glass like a good or responsible woman is supposed to in such scenes ; Madame would give him the whole bottle , and say , quietly and sincerely , I hope you know what you 're doing . |
| 45 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
| 46 | Er … forgot who this is … so let's just give him the popular name ‘ Local ’ , when in fact he probably is n't . |
| 47 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 48 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 49 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 50 | Fear , attraction , dismay , and total confusion : she had experienced them all since meeting him the previous day . |
| 51 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 52 | Loss of manuscripts or illustrations seem to cause him the greatest concern . |
| 53 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 54 | Past examination papers will also show him the probable lay-out of the paper that he will be expected to answer , and the amount of time likely to be allowed on each question . |
| 55 | A moral is drawn advising husbands : ( Do just as Hain did with his wife , who would only ever show him the slightest respect , until he had beaten her to the core . ) |
| 56 | Then he could show him the dismal landscape , and drawings he had done recently , some of which he had shown the Reverend Pietersen . |
| 57 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 58 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 59 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 60 | I had thought him the luckiest man on the FAKOUM Central Committee . |