Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun] gave him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lorton was relieved that the clutch gave him no trouble : the wound in his leg had been designed to scare him , not to incapacitate him . |
| 2 | It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not . |
| 3 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 4 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 5 | Gebrec smiled politely , but Melissa had the impression that the announcement gave him no particular pleasure . |
| 6 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 7 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 8 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 9 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 10 | A Liverpudlian like you , ’ Joe said , and the boy gave him a thumbs-up signal as he ran back to his classroom . |
| 11 | Fraser 's had two thousand pounds in cash and been allowed lots of time by the airforce , and the army gave him a radio used in the Falklands — the rest he 's done himself with a mortgage |
| 12 | Eventually Balvinder handed over a pocketful of change and the healer gave him a small pot of white powder . |
| 13 | Lully had already essayed recitative in French in a ballet , Les aisons ( 1661 ) : and the comédies-ballets gave him plenty of opportunities to experiment further . |
| 14 | Benedict settled his own needs and the lawyer gave him a draft on Lady Merchiston 's bankers . |
| 15 | He wanted more time and the rebels gave him it . |
| 16 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 17 | Pleading poverty , he sought charity from local shopkeepers , and a butcher gave him an enormous turkey , which might actually have been a small emu . |
| 18 | The poor sod does n't like it , but the boss gave him no choice . |
| 19 | He was a queer fish , but the town gave him a rough ride when they got the chance . ’ |
| 20 | Hillary did n't actually manage to reach the summit of Makut Parbat which was his main objective , but the expedition gave him invaluable experience . |
| 21 | Lynsey , glamorous singer-songwriter , met Courtney after a friend gave him her telephone number . |
| 22 | Robert was almost on the edge of confessing everything , when the headmaster gave him a brotherly squeeze . |
| 23 | Endill 's whole body breathed a sigh of relief as the Headmaster gave him the letter . |
| 24 | At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown . |
| 25 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 26 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |