Example sentences of "i [verb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall I make him a lead , then ? ’ said Lee . |
| 2 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 3 | The camera was rolling and with Devonian subtlety , I asked him a succession of innocuous questions about his regional tour . |
| 4 | So I asked him a question . ’ |
| 5 | I asked him a question and he could answer no . |
| 6 | I , I asked him a couple of weeks or ten days back . |
| 7 | I asked him a little bit more about the play . |
| 8 | Mrs Jones recalls , ‘ I made him a robe and head-dress and his father made him a crook . |
| 9 | When we got to my house , I gave Man Friday some trousers , and I made him a coat and a hat . |
| 10 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 11 | " He just came down here , and I made him a cup of tea and we said an act of contrition together . " |
| 12 | But I made him a vow , ’ she shrugged . |
| 13 | him something else for Christmas , something smaller and I made him a model out of matchsticks and I said this is the prototype |
| 14 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
| 15 | ‘ I met him a couple of times . |
| 16 | So I met him a couple of times . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I lent him a fiver just in case love . |
| 19 | " He is , Ma'am ; I passed him a moment ago and he was talking to Mr Churchill . " |
| 20 | I got him a couple of times but he was one of the best I ever bowled to . |
| 21 | If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns . |
| 22 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 23 | ‘ I got him a bit of coley , and it cost me what salmon would 've cost a few years back . |
| 24 | I got dad 's , I got him a video . |
| 25 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 26 | I found him a most agreeable man and we seemed to get along well from the start . |
| 27 | Actually , I found him a pleasant companion . |
| 28 | I found him a somewhat erratic personality and an occasional pain in the ass . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |