Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] give him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 2 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 3 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 4 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |
| 5 | ‘ All the money that Sheikh Osman has used in the past few weeks in his war against the Copts is money that you have given him . ’ |
| 6 | O was only one of the many names that we had given him , but it was the one that had lasted . |
| 7 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 8 | He retained an affection for Paris and a gratitude for the intellectual advantages that it had given him to which he later referred as pope . |
| 9 | If a detainee tells a FME that he wishes to give him confidential information , he is warned by the doctor that confidentiality does not apply to anything against the public interest , for it would be improper for the doctor to collude in deception . |