Example sentences of "[conj] he give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 2 | Hatton was so impressed by his bad boys that he gave them colourful 1930s ‘ punk rock ’ pseudonyms — Alf Artful , Billy Dustup and Reggie Smashem — which are no more suggestive of obedience and docility than other pre-war descriptions of brawls , affrays , legless drunks , or street robbers armed with sand-bags and cut-throat razors . |
| 3 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 4 | I have been thinking about my nearly twenty years friendship with him and especially what it was that he gave me in terms of belief and understanding of the job . |
| 5 | The word book in The book that he gave me is the antecedent of that . |
| 6 | erm no what happened was that he gave me some bones that were far too big for the dogs . |
| 7 | Anyway , there is no hint that he gave her any encouragement at all . |
| 8 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 9 | By degrees she , Dinah , had become little more than his reader , except that he gave her too many babies , no doubt absent-mindedly . |
| 10 | The hand that he gave her in greeting was ice-cold and his expression grave , but his appearance was as immaculate as ever and his bearing composed and dignified . |
| 11 | Her father loved her so much that he gave her everything , and never scolded her . |
| 12 | These days she was glad of any invitation to proximity , and curled up beside him so promptly that he gave her an amused sidelong glance as he took her hand in his . |
| 13 | Legend has it that the mandarin was so grateful to Earl Grey for services rendered that he gave him his secret tea recipe , to keep mind , body and spirit together in perfect harmony . |
| 14 | that he gave you |
| 15 | That is what the greenbelt is actually there for , and if you have it there for that purpose , as I said yesterday , the necessary corollary is that you have additional provision beyond it , and I ca n't resist to offer Mr Wincup some support , I 'm sure one piece of evidence that he gave you about the letter from the Parish Council , he 's probably already replied to that Parish Council saying , as you 're in the York greenbelt have no fear , all the Selby needs will pass straight across your heads and land somewhere else . |
| 16 | I thank the Minister for delivering every one of the pledges that he gave us in Committee . |
| 17 | any way subsequent to that he gave us one which it was awkward working it out and then he gave us one over the same |
| 18 | Frankenstein created a man but he was so disgusted by its sight that he gave it no name . |
| 19 | However , as Clementina Black pointed out at the end of her inquiry into married women 's work for the Women 's Industrial Council , some women worked when the family income was already adequate , because they prized their independence : ‘ A shilling of your own is worth two that he gives you ’ . |
| 20 | I do n't know what his name was , but I was only a little kid like , you know We , we sung that He give us half a crown each , He said do you know on , on the I said oh yes . |
| 21 | Perhaps Adams was more astute than he gave him credit for . |
| 22 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 23 | He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start . |
| 24 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 25 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 26 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 27 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 28 | This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up . |
| 29 | Yeah , but he did n't need the modulator so he gave it to because he 's got a monitor , right ? |
| 30 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |