Example sentences of "a [noun sg] give he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
| 2 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 3 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 6 | When he was a young fighter , a doctor had to chase him around a desk to give him a shot , and chaotic mobility to him is at least as important as breathing . |
| 7 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 8 | and for a while given him |
| 9 | Lynsey , glamorous singer-songwriter , met Courtney after a friend gave him her telephone number . |
| 10 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 11 | Pleading poverty , he sought charity from local shopkeepers , and a butcher gave him an enormous turkey , which might actually have been a small emu . |
| 12 | But the sight of Dimitri Volkov with a woman gave him pause . |
| 13 | Being a Governor gave him the right to know details of any child 's parentage , but in his case the necessity to study the books had never arisen . |
| 14 | Asa had flown bi-planes like the Italian Fiat Falco and the British Gloucester Gladiator , hopelessly out-classed by the opposition , only his superior skill as a pilot giving him an edge . |
| 15 | Bergsson said : ‘ He was in a hurry to take the throw but I was in not such a hurry to give him the ball . |
| 16 | Left-arm spinner Phil Tufnell managed just three wickets on a wicket giving him assistance . |
| 17 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 18 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 19 | Bracewell , 29 , claimed the directors backed out of a promise to give him a two-year contract by offering him only a 12-month deal to stay . |
| 20 | An ambulance gave him his last race to Paso Robles Hospital . |
| 21 | Such an increase gives him a feeling of career security ; his employer is pleased with his performance , he is unlikely to be made redundant , he decides there is no further need to monitor advertisements for opportunities for career advancement with rival firms and he feels he can now afford to enter the housing market and buy a flat . |
| 22 | In August , an acquaintance gave him the address of a London representative ‘ who will apparently introduce me to Noël and Oliver and Bobby ! ’ |