Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 2 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 3 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 4 | So when he saw the 301 project it gave him the idea of using ultra-modern airframe and engine technology and aerodynamics to achieve the same magic numbers with a single turboprop instead of two kerosene-guzzling pure jets . |
| 5 | One evening he said he 'd like me to fetch him the following morning , as he wanted to make some bread . |
| 6 | Kaitlin has run a lot of times over the course and the fact that the Michael Grassick stable is in form leads me to make him the choice in the Newcastle Maiden Hurdle . |
| 7 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 8 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
| 9 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 10 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 11 | ‘ You mean her telling him the way she did ? ’ |
| 12 | One of the Germans stationed in the house got suspicious of Antoinette hanging about near the cellar door and made her give him the key and go down there with him so he could see what she was hiding . |
| 13 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 14 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
| 15 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 16 | His eyes were intent , the golden gaze compelling , almost willing her to give him the answer he wanted ; his features were uncompromising in their strength . |
| 17 | When Giorgio had descended on us that day in the train he had asked her to advance him the money to build the new car , and when she had turned him down he was furious . |
| 18 | On Joe 's previous leave he had noticed how quiet and unhappy she seemed , and persuaded her to tell him the reason . |
| 19 | If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots . |
| 20 | What do I tell him the next time he asks |
| 21 | So , did you give him the number ? |
| 22 | Did you give him the milk ? |
| 23 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |
| 24 | I tried to get her to give him the elbow but she would always say , ‘ but Eddie , he means well and he 's so kind ’ . |
| 25 | Nor did they see him the day after that . |
| 26 | It would only confuse him to tell him the truth . |
| 27 | Alexander 's method was brought about by his unique way of thinking which made him the genius that he was . |
| 28 | this is going back must be a few years , we were laughing and figuring sort of , you know , this bloke back of the garage in the end he said we give him the bill and said yeah you can soon run out |
| 29 | When dinner was over he liked Diana enough to ask her to show him the 115-foot-long picture gallery which then housed one of the finest private collections of art in Europe . |
| 30 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |