Example sentences of "[noun sg] had give him [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He filled the kettle and set it on the hob , then went through to the front room , closed the shutters , and tried radioing on the frequency Caspar had given him for the US Embassy in Belpan City . |
2 | It was also believed that Menelik visited his father Solomon , and on his departure contrived to substitute a copy of the Ark of the Covenant that his father had given him for the original , which he then carried off to Aksum . |
3 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
4 | On the next floor , he found a toilet , slipped in and lit a cigarette , then took the envelope Himmler had given him from his pocket and opened it . |
5 | Tight in his hand he held the silver coin that Dad had given him at the front door . |
6 | He had to try three of the numbers which the Substitute had given him on identical slips of paper , each of which had ‘ after eight-thirty ’ written in small , neat writing across the bottom . |