Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave him " in BNC.
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| 31 | The nurses also encouraged him to drink 1 litres of fluid a day and gave him steam inhalations every 4 hours . |
| 32 | As he passed her , Celia Hooper raised her head and gave him a look of steady encouragement . |
| 33 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 34 | A urologist diagnosed prostatitis and gave him antibiotics , which improved things for a while . |
| 35 | Uncle Mick reached across his wife and gave him a heavy slap on the knee . |
| 36 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |
| 37 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 38 | It was , I think , this last quality that gave him his reputation for indecision . |
| 39 | Five years ago a medical general practitioner might have spent $8,000 a year on an insurance policy that gave him cover for a claim up to $1m . |
| 40 | There was little delegation of authority , but Di Tella 's personal participation enhanced his authority and gave him considerable control . |
| 41 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 42 | I stole the father and gave Him back the son ! ’ |
| 43 | I handed back the magazine and gave him a bundle of mail . |
| 44 | It was a glittering prospect and gave him the courage to brush his hand against Eloise 's breast as he kissed her goodbye . |
| 45 | He promptly re-employed Bobby as his assistant and gave him money in advance so that Hunt could , in turn , pay a nominal rent . |
| 46 | I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink . |
| 47 | She slipped the cigarettes from her pocket and gave him one . |
| 48 | It is important to remember that it was Alexander 's all-consuming passion for the theatre that gave him the determination to find out the cause of his hoarseness . |
| 49 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 50 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 51 | ‘ Cosier , do n't you think ? ’ she said coyly , as she slid into a chair nearest the kitchen door and gave him what he could only assume was her standard come-hither look . |
| 52 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 53 | She leaned out of her front bay-window and gave him a shout . |
| 54 | Success in the Caucasian war and the friendship between Bariatinskii and the tsar restored him to favour at the centre and gave him the chance of putting his ideas into practice . |
| 55 | Though the business was thriving , there was one aspect that gave him great concern and over which he was powerless to exercise any sort of control . |
| 56 | It had a pale beauty in the moonlight that gave him more unexpected enchantment . |
| 57 | Between them they paid for his training and gave him his start in life . |
| 58 | She replaced the receiver and gave him an apologetic smile . |
| 59 | He invested £60,000 in his obsession with a venture which broke his health and gave him only £12,000 back . |
| 60 | And she put it before Gabriel on a wooden plate and gave him a wooden cup full of water . |