Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give him a " in BNC.

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1 His features were strong and rather austere , and his high cheekbones gave him a distinction that was all his own , though the line of his well-cut mouth hinted at a sensuality that disturbed her without her knowing why .
2 These early months gave him a brutally clear idea of what lay ahead .
3 The explicit lines gave him a twisted perception of British women , a court heard yesterday .
4 And those eyes that seemed to dance and scowl at the same time from beneath their fringe of long dark lashes gave him a restless , unpredictable air .
5 SAVE : 3+ ( A Savage Orc 's protective tattoos give him a save equivalent to light armour . )
6 While Charles remained , apparently inactive , at Edinburgh , the British government was making vigorous preparations to give him a warm reception when , as expected , he advanced into England .
7 Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance .
8 Abu Khadra 's heavily boned face and strong rectangular glasses gave him a slightly fearsome appearance .
9 His Etonian vowels give him a peculiar aural resemblance to Brian Johnston of Test Match Special ( imagine Johnners talking about what an axe can do to the flesh and you will have some idea of just how disorienting this is ) .
10 His strong dialect and ungrammatical turns of phrase often made him unintentionally amusing , but his dark and ruddy complexion , coarse features , and shabby clothes gave him a hold over the type of working man the total abstainers sought to reach .
11 Harrison kept intent on the gentleman but still he noted the two boats on the lake — one had caught what must be a pike from the struggle — heard the chiming axes of the woodmen , noted the flocks on the Scale Force bank of Crummock and , more particularly , a pair of swallows playing beside the water — these and a score of other impressions gave him a richness of context denied Hope who , after struggling with his pipe , battled on , oblivious of all that was about him , to confirm and exercise his new and gloriously liberated Christianity .
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