Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] give he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’ |
| 4 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 5 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 6 | I have n't given him a thought for years … ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | when he gets , when daddy comes home you 'd better give him a big cuddle and ask him |
| 9 | She turned slowly to give him a long , searching look and decided he must have become expert at keeping his emotions on a tight rein . |
| 10 | Davide caught his start when she leant over to give him a clean plate , how he set his chair straight and then , after a falter , flowed on , hammering the air with his clenched hands as he made his points , as if determined not to notice her . |
| 11 | If you do n't give him a yardstick , you get this . |
| 12 | After all , she had signed Sting in the first place ( she had even given him a list of music-business lawyers to consult at the time , but he had used the Newcastle lawyer because he was cheaper ) . |
| 13 | The answer came suddenly , a slap in the face that made her wince : because , on the only occasion when Merrill had actually confronted him with her suspicions — had brought them right out into the open — she had n't given him a chance to explain . |
| 14 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 15 | She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it . |
| 16 | Well he reckons we 're losing our business now because we did n't give him a deal |
| 17 | We did n't give him the message . |
| 18 | No , well let , let no we have n't given him the go ahead yet . |
| 19 | In my opinion , they did n't give him a chance . |
| 20 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 21 | They 've already given him a taste of the castor oil , a bout of gaol , a bit of a beating , just a tickle , a caress of their united methods , but still , you know , you 'd think it was enough , it has kept so many others from singing . |
| 22 | He always understood that the papal decree imposed on himself an absolute personal obligation of obedience , but it did not give him a general responsibility for promoting the principle , or for enforcing the obedience of others . |
| 23 | I 'm surprised it did n't give him a heart attack there and then . |
| 24 | And of course that was why Hardy had taken against him , why he had left him on the sidelines any time he picked a team for some action , why he had now given him a job that he knew anyone else in the unit would have balked at . |
| 25 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
| 26 | well I think he likes never give him a , a chance when he 's here |