Example sentences of "[Wh pn] gave he a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Stoneman has defied the doctors who gave him a one-in-10 chance of survival from a rare brain tumour . |
| 2 | Recently Colin became friends with a bona fide shaman , Davide , who gave him a dose of ‘ ayahuasca ’ . |
| 3 | LITTLE battler Matthew Costen is going home in triumph — after defying doctors who gave him a fortnight to live . |
| 4 | He was a very nice man and popular with the journalists , who gave him a ragged but friendly cheer for turning up on time . |
| 5 | He met up with old colleagues such as Mike Evans and Graham Knight who gave him a typically ex-London welcome . |
| 6 | They managed to send Richard to school and at some time he attracted the notice of the lawyer-priest Thomas de Nevill , later Archdeacon of Durham , who gave him a grant to study at Oxford when he was about thirteen or fourteen years old . |
| 7 | And if Derry succeed , he will murmur a silent but heartfelt ‘ thank you ’ to Kevin Heffernan , the man who gave him a new outlook and sense of purpose in the sport which has made him both a local and national hero . |
| 8 | After the war , a doctor who gave him a check-up ( incredibly enough not recognising him ) remarked : ‘ One can see that you were n't in the war . ’ |
| 9 | The two of them leapt out of the beached cockboat and strode up past the fishwives , some of whom gave him a " good day " but most of whom preserved a surly silence . |