Example sentences of "[conj] gave he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 2 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 3 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 4 | It is important to remember that it was Alexander 's all-consuming passion for the theatre that gave him the determination to find out the cause of his hoarseness . |
| 5 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 6 | I think I got it because of my local knowledge and the that gave him the facility of being able to carry on without interruption . |
| 7 | Denis Smith says hopefully to get three points and play good football … there 's not much they can do in two days but his team talk will be tell the players to go out enjoy it and pass the ball … by a strange twist of fate Smith 's first match at the Manor is against the team that gave him the sack last season Bristol City |
| 8 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 9 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
| 10 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 11 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 12 | She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted . |
| 13 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 14 | But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face , was a ghastly smile , which … constantly revealed the few discoloured fangs that were yet scattered in his mouth , and gave him the aspect of a panting dog . ’ |
| 15 | It appointed Patrick Le Quement , one of the world 's most free-thinking car designers , and gave him the freedom to get on with it . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , a wide variety of courts administered a wide variety of laws all over western Europe ; and if one asked a man in any part of Europe to whose law he was subject , he might well have answered ‘ to my law ’ — for law was a personal thing , which a man might carry about with him ; it bound him to the courts to which his ancestors had been subject , to the laws of those courts , and gave him the privileges which those courts provided . |
| 17 | Mister Johnny looked at Nick ; then he laughed and gave him the skull . |
| 18 | His father raised him up and gave him the kiss of peace . |
| 19 | He went straight out , went to four families , whose names immediately suggested themselves to him , checked his facts and figures , got in while discussion was still on and flatly contradicted the great John and gave him the facts and figures to prove it , to tell him that he was wrong . |
| 20 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 21 | It was a glittering prospect and gave him the courage to brush his hand against Eloise 's breast as he kissed her goodbye . |
| 22 | ‘ Here it is , sir , ’ I said , and gave him the papers tied inside the cloth . |
| 23 | Ben had told the doctor this , and the next morning the doctor gave Silver the map — which was now useless — and gave him the food at the stockade , because there was plenty in Ben Gunn 's cave . |
| 24 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 25 | However , he and Earl Tostig Godwinsson [ q.v. ] were robbed by brigands on their way home , and forced to return to Rome , where Nicholas reinstated Ealdred and gave him the pallium , while insisting that he give up Worcester . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway the woman in the bus saw his picture in this evening 's paper , told the local bobby and gave him the boy 's uncle 's address which the lad had passed on to her the previous evening . |
| 27 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 28 | I RANG Inspector Redpath at his home , and gave him the name and address of Stavanger 's dentist . |
| 29 | Some time later Mehmed II repented of his action , invited Molla Husrev back to Istanbul and gave him the office of Mufti . |
| 30 | I wrote to him every few days and gave him the details of everything that happened and everyone I met . |