Example sentences of "i give him a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Can I give him a message ? ’
2 Can I give him a message , or will you ring back ? ’
3 Should I give him a knee where it hurt ?
4 Shall I give him a point ?
5 Will I give him a job there ?
6 ‘ Can I give him a mug of tea ? ’
7 So I give him a wave from the far end of the park .
8 I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this .
9 He he had he came in I give him a saucer of milk .
10 I gave him a pizza and then he .
11 so I gave him a couple of quid , three quid , for lending me it plus the spinner cos spinner do n't work on washer
12 So I gave him a yard of slack line and decided to wait it out .
13 He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out !
14 He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’
15 Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive .
16 I gave him a smile with perhaps a little cruelty at its edges .
17 I gave him a frown and told him to mind his manners because I was n't sure what the old lady 's reaction would be to my brother .
18 I gave him a jam sandwich just before you arrived .
19 I gave him a parcel of food and clothes wrapped in news paper and left the hut without turning back .
20 ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’
21 And once I gave him a fish-cake for free .
22 And on the Dixon fight , the British , European and Commonwealth champion said : ‘ I gave him a taste but he got a bit feisty by trying to hit me back and I took him out .
23 I gave him a rocket , but that was more for my own good than his .
24 He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff …
25 Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him .
26 I gave him a piece , which to my horror he popped straight into his mouth , for it was surely large enough to kill some half-dozen dragoons together with their horses .
27 I gave him a piece of tomato . ’
28 So I gave him a copy of my summary .
29 But er well I gave him a box of matches to go with him and I thought oh well he 'll have plenty of matches then .
30 I gave him a list of galleries where he might find things by G.P.
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