Example sentences of "[subord] he gave [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Once in front Dunlop never really looked like being beaten , although he gave his supporters plenty to worry about in the middle of the 30-lap race .
2 Once in front Dunlop never really looked like being beaten , although he gave his supporters plenty to worry about in the middle of the 30-lap race .
3 She would get him the job , if he gave her money and clients .
4 Law pessimistically told the King that he would in any case alienate half of his subjects , Unionists if he gave his assent to Home Rule and Liberals if he did not .
5 If he gave his parole he might be let out of the walls , ’ said David with no great conviction .
6 Interesting too because he gave his side of the Clough-Leeds debacle .
7 We are blessed in him because he gave his life for us .
8 On this view , a doctor could avoid liability only if he could show that , apart from consenting , the patient was carefully studied and examined in a context where specialist medical and psychiatric facilities were available , that the consensus of expert opinion was that surgery was called for , and that this was explained to and understood by the patient before he gave his consent .
9 The landlord thought for a bit , stroking his beard , before he gave his decision .
10 She used to hug and kiss him when he gave her presents .
11 The scattered crowd drew closer together and listened quietly , but when he gave his warning about the Riot Act , glances were exchanged , a few grinned openly , and a wit called out , ‘ They must know the law here — that is why they have all stayed at home . ’
12 But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption .
13 Its American parent makes watches in Little Rock , Arkansas , whose favourite son wore a Timex ticker when he gave his State of the Union address .
14 The series had attracted capacity crowds and Sir Edward faced a packed hall when he gave his address , ‘ At the Heart of Europe ’ .
15 As he gave his evidence for videotape , ‘ genial and twinkly , relaxed in the red eye of the TV camera ’ , as Newsweek described him , reporters noted that in an adjacent courtroom Stevie Wonder was appearing in a case about the authorship of a song , and that across the street another crew was filming an episode of Thirty Something .
16 The lad looked his father straight in the eye as he gave his blunt answer .
17 And there was silence apart from the sounds of the operation itself and the clipped tones of the surgeon as he gave his orders .
18 Culpeper achieved fame as he gave his name to a certain type of tripod microscope made in the early eighteenth century , but it is not at all clear that he was its inventor .
19 ‘ I 'll see , ’ said Robert — I think in deference to me , for he gave his wife a nasty look as she beamed up at him .
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