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

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1 This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up .
2 Yeah , but he did n't need the modulator so he gave it to because he 's got a monitor , right ?
3 So in my new bedroom ( which used to be Pa 's office until he gave it up , just for me , and moved into the caravan ) , we work out a prayer together , to help me not to be led into temptation again .
4 He was the head of fine art at the school of art for 20 years until he gave it all up to paint fulltime .
5 GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it .
6 He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more .
7 ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did .
8 Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ?
9 I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 .
10 Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there .
11 And then when he gave it up when his wife died , he stopped it then and they changed it into the West Mainland Horse Breeding Society .
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