Example sentences of "give he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge . |
| 2 | It would give him great pleasure to write a large cheque for something special for Rose 's birthday — a particularly splendid piece of jewellery , perhaps — but he could n't . |
| 3 | She did , however , give him occasional cause for jealousy : a lover 's tiff nearly broke their engagement when Constanze indiscreetly confessed that during a game she had let another young man measure her calves . |
| 4 | Churlish indeed the man who wishes his neighbour a Merry Christmas but does not give him tangible proof of this to put on his mantlepiece . |
| 5 | I will give him sharp orders , he thought , and bring him up on a short rein ; and I will see him come to terms , and kiss the hand that curbs him . |
| 6 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 7 | The solicitor said of the award : ‘ It 's a reasonable figure which will give him satisfactory compensation for a very serious road accident . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah but do n't give him rubber lips . |
| 9 | This echoes the statement in their second encounter that he , Porfiry , has no intention of making an immediate arrest because by doing so he would give the murderer somebody to be : ‘ I 'd give him , so to say , a definite position , I 'd give him psychological definition and peace . ’ |
| 10 | It did in fact run out , and still Anselm had not received the pallium which would give him full authority as archbishop . |
| 11 | She said he 's hoping they 're gon na give him full employment . |
| 12 | ‘ The Führer intends to meet with Field Marshal Rommel personally , to confirm his appointment as Commander of Army Group B. This will give him direct responsibility for the Atlantic Wall defences . |
| 13 | But it did give him unique access to the Shah . |
| 14 | The first thing to be said is that the ‘ circumstantial variables ’ of a president 's incumbency may give him important advantages . |
| 15 | Freddie had never liked her , but he knew at once that she might be the one person who could give him valuable assistance with his research . |
| 16 | To complicate the picture even further , there are a number of other devices which , although not strictly security interests in the sense of vesting some type of proprietary interest in the creditor or which give him possessory control over assets of the debtor company , nevertheless act as security . |
| 17 | The decision appears to have been prompted in part by an assumption that it would either discredit Heseltine by forcing him to back off from a challenge ( which was thought most likely ) or , if he did stand , give him insufficient time to mount an effective campaign . |
| 18 | I know somebody here who got very good marks for his lab work and he 's good on computers , and he just programmed the computers in random errors and stuff that give him set results and nice graphs , and they were n't perfect so nobody noticed them , but he fiddled them , and that way he did n't have to do any lab work if he did n't want to . |
| 19 | They give him poor tips and charge high commissions . |
| 20 | A good conference speaker will stimulate the Profitboss , help him take perspective , give him new ideas , inspire him , motivate him . |
| 21 | And it does n't matter whether we give him bad vibes . |
| 22 | In the former areas the chief executive is sustained in his perennial struggle for mastery with congress by his claim to represent the nation as a whole and by the provisions of the Constitution that designate him as Commander in Chief and give him special responsibilities in international relations . |
| 23 | I would discuss the script , say , on proportional representation , and then give him free rein . |
| 24 | Mr Breeden does not want Congress to give him new law — and subject his agency to the crossfire of vested interests that this would involve — until the courts have tested whether existing law is sufficient . |
| 25 | Mr Smith started to give him new clothes but soon realized that William had no wish to be clean , as on the next visit the new suit would be filthy . |
| 26 | ‘ As soon as I 've rung my Orderly Officer to give him certain instructions , I 'll have to get off back . ’ |
| 27 | And , however badly Ratner appears to have screwed up the company 's finances — and public image — some people are said to be still willing to give him financial support . |
| 28 | Of course the show is designed to give him rocket-powered lift-off It must be one of the few British musicals to make one feel chauvinistically inclined to announce one 's origins . |
| 29 | Azhag possessed a strange iron crown which appeared to give him sorcerous powers . |
| 30 | When Sophie praised a necklet of rubies that she was wearing , it appeared to give him great pleasure . |