Example sentences of "[that] he [vb past] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away . |
| 2 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |
| 3 | The room that he 'd given her was smaller than his own , but she got a bigger wardrobe . |
| 4 | All that he had to give her with his mind and body was sucked out of him into her . |
| 5 | Thus , for example , when meeting the TUC General Council in January 1942 he warned that he could not put money towards the elderly ‘ at the cost of the children ’ and that he had to give them ‘ fair treatment without ruining the country ’ . |
| 6 | But he was so scared of them getting his own father that he had given them no names at all , not even his own . |
| 7 | Several women friends of Waddell said that he had given them within days of the murder large sums of money ; and a barman to whom Waddell had given £1000 for safe keeping said Waddell had told him he had won a packet on the horses . |
| 8 | Just for a moment she let her hand linger on his sleeve , then slowly withdrew it , wondering if she was glad or sorry that he had given her such an insight into what made him the man he was today . |
| 9 | Han Dongfang , leader of the workers ' organization during the Tiananmen Square protests , who was held without trial for two years until released on bail for medical treatment in April , was exempted from prosecution on the grounds that he had given himself up , the agency said . |
| 10 | Now he knew that he had given her what he had , and no one could give more . |
| 11 | From under her cloak , Maisie took the scroll of paper that he had given her back in August . |
| 12 | Captain Duro was anxious to start the return voyage as soon as possible in order to avoid the equinoctial gales , and now that he had given his permission , Gerald saw no reason to delay his daughter 's departure further . |
| 13 | As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move . |
| 14 | What had really confused everyone was the fact that Kemp always carried a hip-flask of brandy in the car 's glove compartment , and that he had given his wife — trapped by the legs beside him — several sips from this flask before the ambulance arrived ; and had even drunk from it himself ! |
| 15 | He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it . |
| 16 | Now all I 'm saying is that he undertook to give us those in forty eight hours . |
| 17 | The talks were going very well and Smith said that he wanted to give us a holiday and take us to Victoria Falls in his plane . |