Example sentences of "he [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | " 'E don' give her much peace , do 'e ? |
| 2 | When Adam was about eight his father had told him masturbating gave you scurvy . |
| 3 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 4 | him Keep giving all the |
| 5 | However , neither would be acceptable as JC , where the following would be expected : Him did give you what you a look for ? |
| 6 | How many millions similar to him have given up the ghost of ambition or had it driven out of them ? |
| 7 | He had given her the capital for the first one on their twentieth wedding anniversary , when he had already bought a Georgian pendant that he dearly wished her to have , but before he chanced giving it to her he had asked her what she would like , and she told him . |
| 8 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 9 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 10 | He tried to give talks on how he had prepared the plan , captured the Bookman and what he hoped to learn from him , but nobody paid any attention . |
| 11 | He tried to give comfort but it was difficult to find words after such a bizarre accident , except to explain what had happened . |
| 12 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 13 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 14 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 15 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 16 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 17 | However , he tried to give as good as he got . |
| 18 | He tried to give Sacco a cheerful look . |
| 19 | He tried giving freelance lectures in Edinburgh , and wrote a book on British starfishes ( 1841 ) , but these brought in very little . |
| 20 | As he showed all his form on fast ground last season he will not be bothered by the going but he has to give 15lb to Bonnie Artist . |
| 21 | As he showed all his form on fast ground last season he will not be bothered by the going but he has to give 15lb to Bonnie Artist . |
| 22 | He has to give up his egocentricity and develop the beginnings of a more altruistic point of view . |
| 23 | But sophisticated Sal ( Dylan McDemott ) is n't as convinced about Toby who pursues him until he has to give in to her — er — charms . |
| 24 | Not content with missing a penalty in the WC Semi final last time , he has to give the fastest EVER international goal in one of Englands most crucial ( potentially ) games . |
| 25 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 26 | Zuckerman has enabled Roth to deal with the question of the offence he has given to righteous Jews , and to come to terms with the rebellious , psychedelic , philo-Semitic Sixties , when Roth 's writing went , with the times , derisive and fantastic . |
| 27 | The lecturer , Martin Wood , counts equally successful those students of the courses he has given since 1984 , at Leith 's School of Food and Wine in London , who subsequently decided not to open restaurants . |
| 28 | He has given one apostle Gaudi 's face , and his robot-like Roman soldiers are copies of chimney-pots the architect designed . |
| 29 | Remarkably , Mr McGovern has never had to sell equity in his firm to outside investors , though he has given away nearly 30% to motivate employees . |
| 30 | ‘ Men have reason to be well satisfied with what God hath thought fit for them , since he has given them … whatsoever is necessary for the conveniences of life , and information of virtue . ’ |