Example sentences of "[conj] he give [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the most fitting tribute to their son is that he gave his life to a mission which may have saved many more .
2 But let us not forget that he gave his life in an act of selfless devotion to the race .
3 He so loved you and me that he gave his son for us !
4 The candidate must also give his consent to nomination and at the same time that he gives his consent in writing he must state his qualifications to be a candidate .
5 Perhaps Adams was more astute than he gave him credit for .
6 After that he greeted her like an old friend each morning ; she did n't mind , it was dull talking to Magnus who seldom listened , and he gave her protection from the intense political views of the Afghan 's owner .
7 When your editor asked what kind of tank I would set up if he gave me £250 for Christmas , it was , unfortunately , only a hypothetical question .
8 Law pessimistically told the King that he would in any case alienate half of his subjects , Unionists if he gave his assent to Home Rule and Liberals if he did not .
9 If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices .
10 If he gives you that , if he gives you F of F , then he can give you F of G , and I 'm pretty sure that you do need to know that , so I wo n't bother checking .
11 But he gave me money for my boat , and for Xury , too .
12 The prosecution alleged the teenager was driven off in a car and threatened with drowning in a lake unless he gave them information about the burglary .
13 We are blessed in him because he gave his life for us .
14 Interesting too because he gave his side of the Clough-Leeds debacle .
15 Its American parent makes watches in Little Rock , Arkansas , whose favourite son wore a Timex ticker when he gave his State of the Union address .
16 The scattered crowd drew closer together and listened quietly , but when he gave his warning about the Riot Act , glances were exchanged , a few grinned openly , and a wit called out , ‘ They must know the law here — that is why they have all stayed at home . ’
17 But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption .
18 Gedge has now learned to protect himself and even when he gives his number to friends , he implores them not to pass it on .
19 As he gave his evidence for videotape , ‘ genial and twinkly , relaxed in the red eye of the TV camera ’ , as Newsweek described him , reporters noted that in an adjacent courtroom Stevie Wonder was appearing in a case about the authorship of a song , and that across the street another crew was filming an episode of Thirty Something .
20 Culpeper achieved fame as he gave his name to a certain type of tripod microscope made in the early eighteenth century , but it is not at all clear that he was its inventor .
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