Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] he give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home . |
| 2 | He knew just when , and how , to tap , in order to receive at a deeper level than he gave . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Yeah , but he did n't need the modulator so he gave it to because he 's got a monitor , right ? |
| 5 | We have just caught Raskolnikov saying to himself that the moth seeks the candle-flame , and Porfiry says similar things aloud ; while behind both of them Dostoevsky is telling Katkov that the murderer demands punishment and bends to an inexorable divine and human law when he gives himself up . |
| 6 | The series had attracted capacity crowds and Sir Edward faced a packed hall when he gave his address , ‘ At the Heart of Europe ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Culpeper achieved fame as he gave his name to a certain type of tripod microscope made in the early eighteenth century , but it is not at all clear that he was its inventor . |
| 9 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 10 | The lad looked his father straight in the eye as he gave his blunt answer . |
| 11 | Richard faced the non-existent audience and so could n't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds . |
| 12 | Mr Delors is expected to develop the theme when he gives a speech to the College of Europe in Bruges in 10 days . |
| 13 | Indeed , he reverses the classical emphasis since he gives no consideration at all to the significance of the criminal justice system in controlling crime . |
| 14 | He listened to the ringing tone repeated for more than a minute before he gave up . |
| 15 | THAT 'S MY BOY : And Ray can still raise a smile as he gives Louis a leg up |
| 16 | Its American parent makes watches in Little Rock , Arkansas , whose favourite son wore a Timex ticker when he gave his State of the Union address . |
| 17 | ‘ I told Tremayne there 'll be trouble if he gives you any of my rides . ’ |
| 18 | He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s . |
| 19 | There was an icy contempt in her voice , and his face darkened in anger before he gave a faint dismissive shrug of his broad shoulders . |
| 20 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 21 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 22 | Last night at Dundalk however he scored the most important win of his new career when he gave the Crumlin-trained La Greine a superb ride to win the old Sweet Afton Hunter Chase , now called the Tallanstown Chase . |
| 23 | In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom . |
| 24 | The Rev John Boocock said he was looking forward to acting the David Dimbleby role as he gives up the regular ‘ sermon slot ’ for a full interview in which he will try and investigate the relationship between the church and education . |
| 25 | And there was silence apart from the sounds of the operation itself and the clipped tones of the surgeon as he gave his orders . |
| 26 | It would be a bit like choosing to go and spend all Sunday afternoon discussing skin diseases with your 75-year-old deaf aunty in Coatbridge , instead of taking up your boyfriend 's offer of a day in bed at an expensive country house hotel , drinking champagne while he gives you a bit of a seeing to . |
| 27 | He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start . |
| 28 | If he called , she 'd pretend to be out , she 'd hide in an outhouse , hide in the straw in the barn until he gave up his snooping and went away . |
| 29 | The prosecution alleged the teenager was driven off in a car and threatened with drowning in a lake unless he gave them information about the burglary . |
| 30 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |