Example sentences of "give he [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd give him a choice : he could either stay on his own or leave .
2 ‘ The place that did give him a job was the Irish Catholic paper The Standard , which had a very funny editor who just liked to drink most of the day and was amused by Patrick and hired him as film critic .
3 You ask a man who has a bit more experience and plenty of common sense ad he 'll say to you , ‘ Get the lad in , bring him home to his parents and the father will give him a clip round the ear . ’
4 If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’
5 It would n't do him any harm to take this ungoverned creature for a short jaunt in the fields and the experience would give him a splendid ascendancy over Inspector Burden when he walked into the station at nine-thirty .
6 It seemed that the manager remembered it plainly , too , because as they entered the restaurant , he came from behind his desk like a bolted rabbit and , before Frau Nordern had time to speak , assured her that everything would be in order if only , his hands out wide , beseechingly , if only the gnädige Frau would give him a date .
7 The same mixture of steel and sparkle could give him a hat-trick over Jansher .
8 Vic Furlong : ‘ He was always a bit of a dreamer in that I 'd give him a job to do , come back in about an hour and he was still chatting , the job unfinished , so he had to go .
9 Even Americans round the table , who did n't give him a snowball in hell 's chance of getting approval to his plan , had to admit that he was still in there , fighting like a demon for a lost cause .
10 Did you say he was in North Africa ? if we ca n't do anything about his legs we 'll give him a new head when he gets back .
11 And it does give him a few funny stories to tell his mates in the pub .
12 Even their kisses might give him a disease from which he would die or become horribly spotty .
13 Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’
14 Should Major win , the staff at Number 10 will give him a special welcome .
15 Malinga lost on a split decision to WBO super-middleweight champion Chris Eubank in February and Benn hopes that an impressive victory would give him a psychological advantage over his great rival should they meet later this year .
16 Young moves round the corner to Toto 's in Walton Street , checking the cars , hoping the drivers — most of whom know him — will give him a whisper of what 's going on .
17 Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes .
18 When the defence requested more time to prepare their case , Jeffries raged , ‘ I will not give him a minute 's time more to save his life ’ .
19 For some obscure reason , Tawell was convinced that installing himself in the company of such a simple and pious set would give him a veneer of respectability , however he conducted himself otherwise .
20 To the credit of both Hortense and Le Bas , it was agreed that Louis-Napoleon should be enrolled in the High School at Augsburg , a move which it was hoped would not only remove a tendency to idleness and day-dreaming but would also give him a chance to make friends with other boys of his own age .
21 ‘ Did n't we give him a Christmas present , then ? ’
22 The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance .
23 He said hello , so I thought I 'd give him a try first .
24 I 'd give him a piece of me mind . ’
25 ‘ Only God can make a tree , ’ he said , ‘ but we can give him a hand now and then .
26 A month ago I did n't give him a dog 's chance , but a funny thing seems to have happened on the way to X-ray . ’
27 In my opinion , they did n't give him a chance .
28 I 'd say , ‘ Can leave it to you to deal with him ? ''Yes ’ — he 'd give him a clip round the earhole .
29 When it seemed that the treatment was over , Freud suggested the patient should give him a present ‘ so that the feeling of gratitude would n't become too strong ’ .
30 Can I give him a message ? ’
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