Example sentences of "[conj] his [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty . |
| 2 | ‘ The gentleman before you complained that his lenses gave him double vision and headaches . |
| 3 | Mungo noticed that his window gave him a view of the field and the edge of the forest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Naturally , my father would have felt this loss keenly ; but to make matters worse the usual comfort a father has in these situations — that is , the notion that his son gave his life gloriously for king and country — was sullied by the fact that my brother had perished in a particularly infamous manoeuvre . |
| 6 | There were messages awaiting Rory Collins when he got home , and his mother gave them to him with little interest . |
| 7 | And his mother gave me an apologetic smile and said something I did n't catch as she hurried after husband and son . |
| 8 | Yes , Milton manager , Keith Stock celebrated yet another birthday yesterday , and his team gave him something to celebrate with three points at Basement Club , Bishops Cleve this afternoon to see United extend their unbeaten record which stretches back to last October . |
| 9 | I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre . |
| 10 | He was holding the passenger door open for her , and his face gave nothing away . |
| 11 | She glanced surreptitiously downward , wondering if he 'd felt it too , but his expression gave nothing away . |
| 12 | She paused and forced herself to look at him steadily , but his expression gave nothing away . |
| 13 | The Archdeacon reminded himself that an Archdeacon of ten years ' standing was senior to a residentiary Canon of three , but his reminder gave him , not for the first time , no comfort . |
| 14 | Alina looked at him , but his face gave nothing away . |
| 15 | But his face gave me no clue , and he went on : " Would you love me more if I did succeed ? " |
| 16 | She knew it was ridiculous , but his words gave her a strange little tingle deep inside , and she was forced to smother the smile that kept trying to push its way to her lips . |
| 17 | She felt keenly alert , her nerves on edge , but his offer gave her a reason to get out of being with him and of having to cope with her muddled feelings . |
| 18 | They did not much like Oliver Cromwell and his dangerous toleration of loose religion , but his regime gave them the chance to start again . |
| 19 | MD , , presented with a colour television from the company , while his colleagues gave him a garden bench . |
| 20 | While his loyalism gave him urban working-class support , it was the rural Protestants who were most receptive to his evangelical emphases and who made a seat like Bannside obviously attractive . |
| 21 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 22 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 23 | A PILOT called Randy went into a tailspin when his girl-friend gave him the elbow . |
| 24 | Though his expression gave nothing away a muscle flickered at the point of his jaw . |
| 25 | However , her expression of anger kept him in touch with that unrecognized part of himself , just as his control gave her a much needed boundary . |
| 26 | All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him . |