Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 2 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 5 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 6 | Some of the smokers were aware of his campaign against passive smoking — the kind that gave him cancer in smoke-tarred clubs . |
| 7 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 8 | She pressed her nose to the window and gave him a wave . |
| 9 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
| 10 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 11 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 12 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 13 | The duchy of Lancaster affiliations of such families brought them within Gloucester 's orbit and gave him a point of contact with other duchy of York families , such as the Savilles and Wentworths . |
| 14 | The duchy of Lancaster affiliations of such families brought them within Gloucester 's orbit and gave him a point of contact with other duchy of York families , such as the Savilles and Wentworths . |
| 15 | The studio thinks Vic 's a genius and gave him as much as they could until the insurance boys dug their heels in over big-name leads falling out of a canoe and then they went down the list and found a couple of guys the industry could afford to lose . |
| 16 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
| 17 | He had not attempted to draw , Harry was aware of that even in the heat of his attack , and it enraged him past measure and gave him strength beyond normal . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | But World War I gave him the chance to stand on internationalist ground with an uncompromising fervour and personal courage that gave him a status denied to most of the others , whose work lay in the factories and in the shop stewards ' movement . |
| 20 | Belonging here defined him , made him free to wander , because here he had roots to return to , an anchor that gave him stability and a sense of permanence . |
| 21 | He thanked the singer and gave him another sop , which he could ill afford . |
| 22 | Gray began singing for Baldwin after her cousin — an avid Chicago house devotee who would occasionally drag Paris out to the city 's hottest clubs — heard Baldwin was looking for a singer and gave him Gray 's number . |
| 23 | The injury temporarily blinded one eye and gave him double vision in the other , but is now no more than a bruise , said his wife . |
| 24 | Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] . |
| 25 | I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 28 | Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow . |
| 29 | I rumpled his dark curly hair but gave him a firm ‘ No ’ when he asked , ‘ If I play radio louder , me get better more quickly ? ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |