Example sentences of "they gave him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave him the leave which he sought . |
| 2 | ‘ They gave him the oxygen , to help him breathe . |
| 3 | And the idea they gave him the Sammy Davis Jr Award just infuriates me . |
| 4 | And they gave him the rowdiest send-off of the campaign . |
| 5 | The bank ca n't have believed him ; they gave him the sack . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Penn wanted to set up an area of toleration for Quakers something like Lord Baltimore 's Catholic colony of Maryland and , as the Stuarts owed his family money , they gave him the land grant as part of a financial settlement . |
| 8 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 9 | 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 . |