Example sentences of "his [noun pl] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The touch of his fingers gave her such pleasure , that , scowling , she coughed all the way back to the theatre . |
| 2 | Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty . |
| 3 | She knew it was ridiculous , but his words gave her a strange little tingle deep inside , and she was forced to smother the smile that kept trying to push its way to her lips . |
| 4 | His words gave her a slight shock as they sent tingles of pleasure through her , but she knew she must not allow them to go to her head , so she pushed them aside as she uttered a light laugh and said , ‘ Me — an angel ? |
| 5 | But even his eyes gave her no answer . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , for all that he 'd been around there was definitely something that was attractive and appealing about him ; only his eyes gave him away , because they could turn cold and introspective while those around him were whooping it up . |
| 7 | Last year his parents gave it to me to restore . |
| 8 | ‘ The gentleman before you complained that his lenses gave him double vision and headaches . |
| 9 | ‘ The gentleman before you complained his lenses gave him double vision and headaches . |
| 10 | His relations gave him up , deploring his French expedition and the revolutionary sympathies it so clearly implied , and despairing that he would ever take the opportunities available to him for making a career in the Church or the law . |
| 11 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 12 | After twenty-eight rounds Cribb was unable to come to scratch , but a ruse by his seconds gave him time to recover , and Molineaux retired in the thirty-third round . |
| 13 | MD , , presented with a colour television from the company , while his colleagues gave him a garden bench . |
| 14 | I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre . |