Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] gave he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 2 | As he passed her , Celia Hooper raised her head and gave him a look of steady encouragement . |
| 3 | She slipped the cigarettes from her pocket and gave him one . |
| 4 | To his surprise she held out her hand and gave him , once again , that extraordinary , attractive smile . |
| 5 | ‘ Although one assumes David only crossed the border because his niece had been cheated of her crown and gave him no peace until he avenged her , haranguing him with letter after letter . |
| 6 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |
| 7 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 8 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 9 | Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] . |
| 10 | Uncle Mick reached across his wife and gave him a heavy slap on the knee . |
| 11 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 12 | He promptly re-employed Bobby as his assistant and gave him money in advance so that Hunt could , in turn , pay a nominal rent . |
| 13 | There was little delegation of authority , but Di Tella 's personal participation enhanced his authority and gave him considerable control . |
| 14 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 15 | He invested £60,000 in his obsession with a venture which broke his health and gave him only £12,000 back . |
| 16 | Between them they paid for his training and gave him his start in life . |
| 17 | Throughout the day the old woman bathed his arm and gave him cooling drinks that tasted , so it seemed in his fever , of wild water-mint , and thymy hillsides , and red rust . |
| 18 | Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang . |
| 19 | Whereas George treated him as his brother and gave him everything he had . |