Example sentences of "so [pers pn] [vb past] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 2 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 3 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 5 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 6 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 7 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 8 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 9 | He begged her not to miss the party they were invited to on his account , so she made him a hot drink , turned on the TV and , making no bones about it , said she would be back in the morning . |
| 10 | She could have tried for goal , but Mike had an easier shot so she gave him a lightning , nearside , under-the-neck pass . |
| 11 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 13 | Could n't find a size large enough for Hurley so we got him a nightshirt instead . |
| 14 | We did n't want our poor prisoner to get wet , so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat , you see . |
| 15 | Er champion of champions we 've , I bought some prizes for the champion of champions , and food er just to go with the trophies er Keith again was our judge and erm knowing that he does n't willingly accept money , he wants to come and do it for nothing erm how many proposed that we buy him something a bottle to take with him , so we bought him a bottle of wine to take with him and er that was the three pound . |
| 16 | He looked like a wild thing so we called him the Yeti . |
| 17 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 18 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |
| 19 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 20 | Back on the recovery ship , they opened the hatch and there was Ham with his arms crossed , looking gloriously bored by the whole episode , so they gave him an apple ! |