Example sentences of "[conj] his mother give " in BNC.

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1 The house of his childhood was Wilden , where his mother gave hint a literary upbringing .
2 Inland , the Annamite Cordillera thrust its purple peaks towards the afternoon sky , but neither Joseph Sherman nor his mother gave more than a passing glance to the spectacular mountain and ocean scenery outside the car .
3 And his mother gave me an apologetic smile and said something I did n't catch as she hurried after husband and son .
4 There were messages awaiting Rory Collins when he got home , and his mother gave them to him with little interest .
5 Yet here was her grandson fending for himself , leaning amiably against a kitchen cupboard and eating a self-made sandwich , while his mother gave infinite attention to food for women who should have been at home attending to their own children .
6 Belfast Coroner 's Court heard the baby was re-admitted to hospital six days after his mother gave birth by caesarian section on January 18 last .
7 We need have no reservation that such memories , not least the sounds , entered deeply into the young boy 's consciousness , as his mother gave vent to her distress in English and her native Yiddish , as well as symbolically rending her clothes and chanting the dirges .
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