Example sentences of "but [pron] gave him [art] " in BNC.

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1 He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement .
2 I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole .
3 Flaubert was distressed and begged for mercy , but she gave him no quarter . ’
4 He tried to start things up in a halfhearted sort of way , but she gave him an ultimatum .
5 She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats .
6 The airport hotel was an expensive way to live , but they gave him a trade reduction , which seemed the logically absurd extension of a farcical situation .
7 The plans were sent to the Governors of the Greenwich Hospital , but they gave him no encouragement .
8 A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely .
9 It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring .
10 He drank heavily , but it gave him no elation , merely intensified his mood .
11 But it gave him no comfort .
12 The dialogue tonight might be controlled and rational — but it gave him no ease .
13 But it gave him an excuse to retire for a while , to re-assess things .
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