Example sentences of "[conj] gave [pron] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 2 | It was , I think , this last quality that gave him his reputation for indecision . |
| 3 | Morgan dipped in a little bow and gave her his best smile . |
| 4 | Nahum Morey wiped his mouth on a napkin , and gave her his full attention . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 6 | Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 . |
| 7 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
| 8 | He turned to me and gave me his habitual smile-implying parting of the beard . |
| 9 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 10 | Then one day a visitor called and gave me his card , so I just took it and gave it to the master in the drawing room . |
| 11 | He was buried the following day under the name of Wolfgang Gerhard , an Austrian Nazi who befriended him in Brazil and gave him his identity papers before returning to Vienna . |
| 12 | Ivor Robson , the starter , was waiting for Sandy every morning , and gave him his usual lecture : ‘ Listen . |
| 13 | Between them they paid for his training and gave him his start in life . |
| 14 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 15 | At first his wife never left him , since the doctors had told her that it was vital that he should find her there when he came out of his coma , and then when the immediate danger had passed she visited him three times a day and gave him his meals . |
| 16 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 17 | Khomeini 's new prime minister Baargan , assured Sullivan that the embassy would be helped in case of attack , and gave him his direct telephone number in case of trouble . |
| 18 | Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang . |
| 19 | Just a month later , when James Russell sold his business and went to settle in Contention , he took the boy with him and gave him his American name , John Russell . |
| 20 | The shop assistant laughed with him and gave him his money back . |
| 21 | Modigliani needed encouragement himself and he enjoyed the admiration of the two and gave them his ageing clothes when he could . |
| 22 | Saleh visited Saudi Arabia on Feb. 25 and held talks there with King Fahd , who said that he backed Yemeni unity " absolutely and without any reservations " and gave it his personal blessing as well as that of the Saudi people and government . |