Example sentences of "[vb past] to give he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief priests promised to give him thirty pieces of silver which , according to the Old Testament , was the price of a slave . |
| 2 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 3 | Kenneth rotated his shoulders as he drove , trying to ease the nagging pain in them that too much drink the night before always seemed to give him these days . |
| 4 | Edward retreated to Brussels , but in the winter of 1339–40 he achieved an important diplomatic success in Flanders when he persuaded James van Artevelde to enter into an alliance with him under which Artevelde recognized his title to the French throne and agreed to give him military aid . |
| 5 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 6 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 7 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 8 | He was older , seventy , and his legs began to give him such pain . |
| 9 | Mr Smith started to give him new clothes but soon realized that William had no wish to be clean , as on the next visit the new suit would be filthy . |
| 10 | They started to give him more advice . |
| 11 | She flew to give him last words of advice , all of them unnecessary . |
| 12 | Carlie decided to give him one more chance . |
| 13 | She decided to give him another chance , this time on her own terms . |
| 14 | When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five . |
| 15 | All the same , Connor suggested to him privately that it might not be a bad idea for him to learn something about the art of self-defence , and offered to give him some lessons . |
| 16 | When Sophie praised a necklet of rubies that she was wearing , it appeared to give him great pleasure . |
| 17 | Azhag possessed a strange iron crown which appeared to give him sorcerous powers . |
| 18 | He certainly had guts , Ngune had to give him that . |
| 19 | She had to give him full marks for originality . |