Example sentences of "had [verb] him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His long experience of bird watching in the hills of Arran had taught him the best vantage points . |
| 2 | The Intelligence Corps instructor who had taught him the trade would have had such a lock open with one twist but Maxim was out of practice and the lock was old and arthritic . |
| 3 | But they had all laughed and Meg , for the missing loaf , had punished him the usual way , locked-up thirsty in the room . |
| 4 | Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first . |
| 5 | Mrs Wright had given him the key to lock the door but he had n't locked it . |
| 6 | Uncle Walter had given him the photograph . |
| 7 | His colleagues at the NSC , John Lang continued , had given him the nickname ‘ Knight Rider ’ , after the television hero ( ’ one man and his machine , dedicated to the righting of wrongs ’ ) , for his disappearances to confer with the contras . |
| 8 | It was his mother , Yevdoxia , who without meaning to had given him the idea . |
| 9 | Ever since the pharmaceutical company for which he worked had given him the vehicle given , thought Henry grimly ) number 47 had been watching over it in a manner that suggested an emotion deeper than motherhood , more desperate than romantic love . |
| 10 | Mitch had given him the number of a guy called Turner . |
| 11 | Just before he left , Creed had given him the date . |
| 12 | What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all . |
| 13 | The Danes had given him the appropriately named Order of the Elephant . |
| 14 | A property millionaire had given him the key to the Mayfair pad where he squired Antonia . |
| 15 | He remembered when Barbara Molland had given him the box . |
| 16 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 17 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 18 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 19 | Initially Edward had been prepared to augment Gloucester 's landed interest with further grants and had given him the custody and marriage of two local heirs , Henry Marney and William Walgrave . |
| 20 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 21 | He was their only guest and of course her father had given him the ‘ big room ’ — used by the landlord himself in the winter . |
| 22 | Scott would bet that he had never worn the snakeskin overcoat Annabel had given him the Christmas before . |
| 23 | Lisa had given him the choice of staying with her , or going off but she insisted he decide then as she did n't want him leaving in the middle of it all . |
| 24 | The Galapagos islands had given him the clue by showing that small populations derived from the same original species could evolve in different directions when separated by a geographical barrier such as the ocean . |
| 25 | Now Helen , loving and admiring him , had given him the confidence he needed to be happy . |
| 26 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 27 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 28 | If Schopenhauer had given him the notion of a personal vision of life , Wagner gave him first-hand knowledge of a creative talent and the ambition to emulate its cultural achievements . |
| 29 | Eleanor had given him the opportunity he had needed . |
| 30 | His decisive , no-nonsense manner had given him the reputation of being a good doctor , and this had been only slightly dented by one or two spectacularly wrong diagnoses . |