Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working . |
| 2 | They sought no patent ; they ordered him to give information freely to their customers ; and they denied him the reward to which he believed he was entitled under the terms of his contract . |
| 3 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 4 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 5 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 6 | And they gave him the rowdiest send-off of the campaign . |
| 7 | But they called him the un-canny Scot . |
| 8 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 9 | When they assured him the deposits were in order , he assumed it was a payment due from a former employer . |
| 10 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 11 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 12 | When they gave him the MBE ( some said it should have been the Croix de Guerre ) for services to the Party , the club committee charged 10p a pint all day . |
| 13 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |