Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 2 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 3 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 4 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 5 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 6 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 7 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 8 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 9 | The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved . |
| 10 | But as I handed him the money the room grew quiet again . |