Example sentences of "[vb past] give he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return for this information the chief priests promised to give him money . |
| 2 | The chief priests promised to give him thirty pieces of silver which , according to the Old Testament , was the price of a slave . |
| 3 | Thomas Cromwell was offered £100 for his help in obtaining the post of justice in North Wales ; J. Lucas proposed to give him £10 for wine — literally a pourboire if appointed King 's Solicitor . |
| 4 | The men at the bar moved to give him room . |
| 5 | Assuming he was in trouble , he stopped to give him a lift … but the attacker threatened him with an iron bar and forced him to take tablets which made him unconscious . |
| 6 | He was standing there with Mrs Kasmin as she tried to give him tea . |
| 7 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 8 | She tried to give him to kiss of life and heart massage but he was already dead . |
| 9 | At one time his patents even tried giving him mineral water shipped to them specially from a mine , believing their son could be allergic to the fluoride in tap water . |
| 10 | Other cottagers the teacher from Glasgow visited gave him a proof of their kindness ; they presented him with a large basin of milk : he took a drink of it , and would have left the remainder , but they signalled to him to drink it all , and the old man stood opposite the door to prevent his getting away till he was obliged , in answer to Gaelic gesticulations , to drink all the milk that was in the basin . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The last time Philip had seen him was when he 'd given him Uncle John 's medals . |
| 13 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 14 | How much she 'd given him , cared for him , loved him , and now he was sitting in Eva 's house all cosy and radiant and looking forward to bed . |
| 15 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 16 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 18 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 19 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 20 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 21 | Culley was still ordering the information she 'd given him , and the few things Helen had said on the phone . |
| 22 | He stopped bothering me , I 'd given him something more important to worry about . |
| 23 | They 'd given him some papers , and somebody had gone to the cashier for his money ( it made a nice fat bulge in his hip pocket ; he patted it now and again as he walked , just to make sure it was still there ) and eventually he 'd signed some papers . |
| 24 | She 'd given him her trust and he 'd thrown it back in her face , practically falling over himself in his haste to share the story with this woman . |
| 25 | All the activity around his earth , and the fact that there were a mere three hounds , had combined to make him think the open country might be safer today ; now they 'd given him proof that it was n't . |
| 26 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 27 | He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for . |
| 28 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 29 | Once , I was round his house when the district nurse came to give him his iron injection . |
| 30 | He was taken away from his home on the night of 29 March by a man who reportedly came to give him information about his two ‘ disappeared ’ sons . |