Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] gave him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 2 | Ewen obviously knew his way , but although Neil gave him room he made no further attempt to break free , or even to reach open water . |
| 3 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 4 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 5 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 6 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 7 | Blagg told me he 'd thrown away the revolver that woman gave him . |
| 8 | The look that McAllister gave him when she said this was so killing that Dr Neil decided to remove temptation by removing himself . |
| 9 | Carson scribbled down all the details that Cotterell gave him and commented , ‘ That was fast . ’ |
| 10 | However , he seems to have overlooked the fact that Ferrari gave him two race wins last year and that the Scuderia 's tally of six victories this year is four more than Williams was able to score . |
| 11 | Mankiewicz always refuted stories that Sinatra gave him a hard time on the set , but one of Mankiewicz 's sons said that his father ‘ finished the picture hating Sinatra ’ . |
| 12 | Then Maeve hugged their surviving son , five-year-old John , and Garry gave him three loving kisses . |
| 13 | Anarchy was over and there now began the reign of one of the strongest kings ever to rule England , one whose territories and titles gave him authority over a great part of north-western Europe . |
| 14 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 15 | If money gave him power , he himself became a victim of it : many of these young men , once the recipient of Minton 's not uninterested generosity , returned in a steady stream for more . |
| 16 | Danny 's eyelids were drooping as he sat in front of the warm fire and Nellie gave him a blinding look . |
| 17 | He took out his wallet and Reynolds gave him the parcel . |
| 18 | Sikes and Nancy gave him no chance to escape and Oliver had no breath to call out for help . |
| 19 | In that taproom he decided to push the matter further and Catesby gave him his chance . |
| 20 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 21 | If Joseph gave him an exhibition it could make a huge difference to Leary 's reputation , yet she wondered how likely it was that Joseph would help him . |
| 22 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 23 | John phoned him up looking for a bass player and Cliff gave him my number . |
| 24 | Then they clambered aboard Rocky 's rig , and Larsen gave him a hand to heave the ramp up into place and swing the rear doors shut on his full load of human cargo . |
| 25 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 26 | And Radulfus gave him leave , under escort . |
| 27 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 28 | Hunter-Blair took a lonely stand in British politics and until MacQuillan gave him a platform he was a nonentity . |
| 29 | I was up last week and Doctor gave him , gave him an antibiotic erm he had |
| 30 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |