Example sentences of "they gave he a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave him a standing ovation . ’ |
| 2 | So they gave him a job . |
| 3 | Hubert Gaily liked churchyards , they gave him a curious sense of well-being . |
| 4 | They gave him a job to do for seven shillings . |
| 5 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 6 | He was allowed to finish his song in comparative silence and when he did , they gave him a cheer . |
| 7 | They gave him a bit of consultancy work for the first year , but after that he did n't know what he would do . |
| 8 | They gave him a document authorising a raid and left with books , gate books and players ' contracts . |
| 9 | He was willing , if they gave him a suitable hostage to ensure their good faith , to allow Berwick ten more days of siege , whereafter , if they were not relieved by the so-called Regent , they must surrender . |
| 10 | He immediately queried the instructions and eventually they gave him a new course to steer . |
| 11 | ‘ Seven years later they gave him a parish of his own . |
| 12 | They dressed and lit him against his character — softening where they ought to have emphasised the toughness — and they gave him a part with no verbal bite and no guts but even so it was not a bad first break for the boy from the snooker halls of Port Talbot . |
| 13 | They were full and sensuous like a woman 's , though at times they gave him a hint of cruelty . |
| 14 | The airport hotel was an expensive way to live , but they gave him a trade reduction , which seemed the logically absurd extension of a farcical situation . |
| 15 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 16 | So they gave him a special job . ’ |
| 17 | They gave him a good room , and ‘ here therefore we settled , ’ he said , ‘ and did not spoil the present hour with thoughts of departure . ’ |
| 18 | So then he gave them Visa , which he 'd hardly been using at all , and twenty minutes later they gave him a car . |
| 19 | ‘ Did she come through here ? ’ he demanded of the astonished-looking Chinese family at one of the restaurant 's six plain tables , and they gave him a look of complete incomprehension . |
| 20 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 21 | ‘ I heard they gave him a blood transfusion up the hospital , ’ said Billy . |
| 22 | They gave him a linen shirt to wear ! |
| 23 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |
| 24 | ‘ They gave him a very rough time indeed . ’ |
| 25 | Whenever they caught one of Huey 's candymen , they gave him a kicking , broke some bones . |
| 26 | When Greg offered to drive her they gave him a similar warning . |
| 27 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 28 | They gave him a good , and he looked over his chest and his heart and er , pulse . |
| 29 | The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election . |
| 30 | Back on the recovery ship , they opened the hatch and there was Ham with his arms crossed , looking gloriously bored by the whole episode , so they gave him an apple ! |