Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] give he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 2 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 3 | He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for . |
| 4 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |
| 5 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 6 | O was only one of the many names that we had given him , but it was the one that had lasted . |
| 7 | On top of all that Copper has always had a dust allergy and he got very congested so we had to give him powders to keep his lungs clear . |
| 8 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 9 | He retained an affection for Paris and a gratitude for the intellectual advantages that it had given him to which he later referred as pope . |
| 10 | Hazel was beginning to feel that all would be well and that Bigwig had more sense than he had given him credit for , when Fiver sat up on his hind legs , cleaned his face with his paws and then , for the first time , looked directly at him . |
| 11 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 12 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 13 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 14 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 15 | Hugo Brassard looked as if someone had given him a present . |
| 16 | Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 19 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 20 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 21 | He was sure that he was saved because he had the words of Christ and they had given him assurance . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 25 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 26 | But she had given him neither an address nor a telephone number ; and the complexities of finding either had posed rather too much of a problem on a transatlantic line . |
| 27 | He never married Tarita , his leading lady in Mutiny on the Bounty , but she did give him two children . |
| 28 | But she did give him a hefty shove and he nearly fell . |
| 29 | But they had given him photographs . |
| 30 | James 's face had reddened with confusion but he managed to give him a nod which said ‘ Go on . ’ |