Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 2 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
| 3 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
| 4 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
| 5 | Actually , I found him a pleasant companion . |
| 6 | I found him a fascinating , knowledgeable and eclectic artist , someone who thinks deeply about his work and is not content simply to record the bare facts of the world in front of him . |
| 7 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 8 | I found him a clean scarf to hold over his face . |
| 9 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 10 | Yes well I think I told him a wrong , you see , there were two there there are two ways of tackling it and I do n't think the way I told him is what they want for the examination purposes , at all ! |
| 11 | ‘ I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’ |
| 12 | A minute later I give him a smaller brown one back . |
| 13 | I consider him a prodigious nuisance , and an enormous superstition . ’ |
| 14 | I admired him a great deal … ’ |
| 15 | He sank into a fireside chair and I poured him a small medicinal quart of Absinthe to steady his nerves . |
| 16 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
| 17 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 18 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 19 | I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really . |
| 20 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |
| 21 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 22 | I saw him a few times more , but never alone , I wrote him two letters when I was in Spain , and he sent a postcard back . |
| 23 | I saw him a few weeks ago . |
| 24 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
| 25 | Tall , tanned , golden hair , and those blue eyes so full of honesty and humour that I thought him a warm , generous man . |
| 26 | The ambassador and his wife were very pleasant , and as the Ambassador stood up and made a very impressive speech in Chinese , I thought him a distinct improvement on his confrère in the Hague ! |
| 27 | On the two occasions he came here , I thought him a charming youth . |
| 28 | ‘ I advanced him a goodly sum , yes . |
| 29 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 30 | He has received a letter from one of the farmers which I sent him a few days ago . |