Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] give his " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hands sometimes stopped shaking long enough for him to light a fag or give his teeth the once-over with Pepsodent , but that was every other Scumday in a month with a zed in it . |
| 2 | Findlay , is due in today and providing he overcomes his jetlag , he could again prove the trump card and give his team a rare victory over Bury , who have already beaten them on all four occasions the two teams have met this season . |
| 3 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 4 | One of Charles Tennant 's business partners was a young Glasgow chemist called Charles Mackintosh , the man who later gained world-wide recognition for his invention of a waterproof fabric and gave his name to a raincoat made of the material . |
| 5 | He balanced the empty whisky glass on the window-sill and gave his nose a last wipe , pocketing his hanky . |
| 6 | The case was subsequently dismissed but a rumour arose that Andrew Mellon had done a deal with Roosevelt , offering to build a gallery and give his collection to the nation if the administration would stop hounding him . ] |
| 7 | Johnson was the first to extend his apostolate to the Aborigines , taking one into his own home and giving his first-born , a daughter born in 1790 , the Aboriginal name Milbah . |
| 8 | He took a surly , sullen and arrogant attitude while giving his evidence . |
| 9 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 10 | In France , Joffre , though discredited , was appointed Chief Military Adviser to the Government , a titular post that gave his incompetence less scope . |
| 11 | ’ He put his head to one side as if he was thinking , closing one eye and giving his little grin . |
| 12 | In the Praemium Imperiale the sinister absurdities of prize-giving reach a preposterous degree , with the spurious reputation of an invasive state the real prize and objective a worthy winner would publicly refuse his commemorative medal and give his Y15 million straight away to Greenpeace . |
| 13 | He blew his nose and gave his behind a scratch as we picked our way through the lush undergrowth . |
| 14 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
| 15 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |
| 16 | But Bugatti was an innovator and it was his work at suspension development that gave his cars the edge over his rivals . |
| 17 | To have heard Rachmaninov play hisown or any other Russian music or to listen to his orchestral works is to realise he was a passionate musician , loving his art and giving his all to express the joys and sorrows , the tender and brutal moods and all the emotions to which man is subject . |
| 18 | He admitted his real name and gave his address as Randolph Terrace , Evenwood . |
| 19 | I think we all found this address very moving , especially Don MacIntyre , who had flown seven sorties as second pilot with F/L Poole 's crew before he himself was made a captain and given his own crew . |
| 20 | William Temple , the future Archbishop of Canterbury , then Bishop of Manchester , fat , jolly , eloquent , and philosophical , should be the chief missioner and give his talks for a week in the university church , Great St Mary 's . |
| 21 | On a celebrated occasion in Wales a county court judge sitting in a civil case in Bridgend had not completed the case when the train was due to leave , so he continued it on the train and gave his final judgement in the station-master 's office at Llantrisant . |
| 22 | From the penalty spot , Rook drove into the corner for his second of the game and give his side a passage into the next round , a defeat that sees City 's interest in Cup games at an end for this season . |
| 23 | Anselm , glad to escape from the secular snares into a world he understood , refused the king 's demand and gave his proffered £500 to the poor . |
| 24 | It was his sense of history , part romantic , part Christian , and his sense of American society that gave his films their dramatic and visual power . |
| 25 | He was offered a test drive and gave his verdict ; a big thumbs up , before he even left the gate . |
| 26 | He turned up his coat collar and gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the night fog . |
| 27 | She could hear a loud , low-pitched door-bell , always opened the door fully , invited the patient to enter , then left the door open so that the patient turned towards the open door when giving his name . |
| 28 | Similarly , in scenes eleven and fourteen , Anderson is extremely assured in his performance when giving his controversial lecture , despite a major interruption from the chairman . |
| 29 | As he had nothing to do , he tried to melt into the background and give his own eyes a chance . |
| 30 | He was not wise in the affairs of the world , nor did he wish to be : he simply challenged the normal assumptions of the world and gave his attention to eternal truths and individual souls . |