Example sentences of "[conj] gave him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 2 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 3 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 4 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 6 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 7 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |