Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] give he " in BNC.

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1 There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause .
2 Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure .
3 I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look .
4 It was alleged by his widow that Thomas Flete , as agent of Clemens , ‘ … him feloniously slew and murdered and clove his head in four parties and gave him ten deadly wounds in his body and when he was dead they cut off one of his legs and one of his arms and his head from his body to make him sure ’ .
5 Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go .
6 He stared back and , blushing with confusion , she rose to her feet and gave him a little bob .
7 She made him take tap classes to loosen his ankles and gave him daily exercises to do under her assistant 's instruction .
8 Mr Reynolds was kept comfortable by lifting and moving him gently every 2 hours and giving him regular analgesia .
9 Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range .
10 I wrote to him every few days and gave him the details of everything that happened and everyone I met .
11 Dad was flaring his nostrils and giving him a wild stare .
12 The stoma care nurse arranged that she would visit Mr Reynolds when he had been home 48 hours but gave him her telephone number in case he needed help before then .
13 The contract resolved his own financial difficulties and gave him a very competitive car .
14 These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments .
15 She poured two glasses and gave him one .
16 Sugar have provided the right vehicle for Mould to tether his current world-view to , providing ( with Mould 's guitar and the tightness of the rhythm section ) a set of beautifully hard-knuckled rock arrangements that give him the clout he needs to reinforce the feeling inherent in his vocals .
17 They took him to their rooms and gave him a glass of vodka or slivović and teased him .
18 One member , Bill Corless , particularly liked the exercises that gave him suppleness and flow .
19 Jack Carter fumbled a cigarette out of a packet of Players and gave him a light .
20 By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them .
21 She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted .
22 Sergeant licked Master 's face and hands and gave him playful nips on the arms .
23 He had heavy grey-flecked eyebrows that gave him a wise demeanour and looked on religion the way some men looked on marriage : as a necessary part of life .
24 Ken took the boy to his home , dried his clothes and gave him a meal .
25 His passionate onslaught at the 1985 party conference against the Militants of Merseyside ( whom he accused of hiring taxis to hand out redundancy notices to their workers ) appealed to the unions and gave him new public stature .
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