Example sentences of "gave he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 2 | I gave him a cup of coffee . |
| 3 | Lord Woodleigh gave him a look that would have quelled in an instant any insolent groom or keeper . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him . |
| 5 | ‘ I gave him an even chance , of course . ’ |
| 6 | She gave him a little push and , in a daze , he followed Dorothy and one or two of the others up the stairs to the room that had been and still seemed to be Bunty 's . |
| 7 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 8 | The Duke gave him a squint grin . |
| 9 | The Duke gave him a quick , keen look . |
| 10 | He held up his cup , clinked it on Cameron 's , and gave him a deliberate nod . |
| 11 | So I gave him a copy of my summary . |
| 12 | Ten days on the ocean gave him a few chances to visit the cabins of single women , but until they arrived in New York , there were no places to escape once the liaison ended , however passionately , half-heartedly , or ephemerally it had begun . |
| 13 | I just gave him a piece of fruit , Oscar said , and told him to learn French . |
| 14 | The tale of La Sylphide gave him an opportunity to exploit her expressive arms and face as well as her ability to dance sur les pointes . |
| 15 | The record company prepared her an exhaustive schedule which made it impossible for her to give Fletch the attention he deserved so , reluctantly , she gave him to friends . |
| 16 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 17 | By Monday , Ben was terribly ill and , once more , we took him to our vet , who gave him an antihistamine injection . |
| 18 | Some features of that world are nowadays entirely inscrutable — notably , what it was in Frederic Lowndes 's self-effacing position on The Times which gave him and his wife access to a society of international aristocracy and even royalty , and to the inner circles of the cabinet , as well as the society of novelists and playwrights . |
| 19 | Hardy undoubtedly read Virgil in the original ; yet we know that long before he taught himself Latin his remarkable mother gave him ( on his eighth birthday ) a copy of Dryden 's translation of the Aeneid . |
| 20 | As the warrior Solor he possessed neither the exotic glamour of Ruzimatov nor the romantic height of Cope — and a dispassionate viewer would admit that his turban gave him an unfortunately gnome-like appearance . |
| 21 | His Missouri childhood gave him access to Baptist hymns and church music , but at Harvard he was introduced to the writings of Gertrude Stein and the music of Erik Satie . |
| 22 | Azharuddin gave him the three-fours-in-an-over treatment , driving all three off the back foot . |
| 23 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 24 | Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break . |
| 25 | I gave him a real dressing-down . ’ |
| 26 | Further postings gave him experience of Muslims and heathens in Central Sumatra , and he finally became Resident Adviser to the Netherlands East India government at Batavia ( 1945-48 ) . |
| 27 | Later joining the intelligence corps , his attachment to Special Operations Executive in German-occupied north-west Greece and afterwards with the British Information Service in Athens gave him an abiding affection for and an understanding of the Hellenic scene . |
| 28 | His power to help the perplexed , and his liberating refusal of over-definition in religion , gave him an authority more profound than he had exercised even when he was Superior . |
| 29 | These activities gave him an enduring influence in the development of young musicians . |
| 30 | They gave him a standing ovation . ’ |