Example sentences of "she gave he " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 She gave him a tentative smile , suggesting , she hoped , her pleasure in the game and drew a breath , when he said .
5 She gave him a pleased earnest nod .
6 She gave him a disarming smile and kissed his cheek .
7 She gave him a quick amused glance , her head leaning back against the faded red of the alcove seat .
8 She gave him a level look , understanding that he must be working , as they say , on information received .
9 Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face .
10 ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look .
11 She gave him all that she knew — chiefly from conversations with her close friend , Jane Aldis , and from a small book on physiology belonging to her father which she read secretly until it was removed .
12 She gave him a beautiful smile , which lit her lovely face .
13 He tried to start things up in a halfhearted sort of way , but she gave him an ultimatum .
14 As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon .
15 If she gave him box office , Beatty gave her security .
16 Then she gave him a fine-toothed comb that would drag the dead lice and their eggs from his hair after the liquid had done its work .
17 She gave him a cold little smile .
18 She gave him a stuffed bear and some children 's books .
19 When an undergraduate suggested there was ‘ some question ’ about the leadership of John Major , she gave him a cold stare and replied : ‘ I support John Major wholly .
20 She gave him a weak smile .
21 And she gave him a bleak little smile and put a plate of hot rolls on the table .
22 Do me a favour and I 'll give you three francs instead of your fifty centimes [ which she gave him daily ] . ’
23 She gave him a lubricious smile .
24 She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband .
25 Oh , before that she gave him strict injunctions to be sure to kill Horrible or he would destroy them all , which was duly done .
26 ‘ I hate to see you going home empty handed , ’ said Madame , and she gave him a package tied like a cake in neatly folded greaseproof paper .
27 She gave him a long , appraising look , then asked silkily , ‘ Well , how much would it be — without the greenhouse ? ’
28 She gave him her best smile , liking what she saw under the porch lantern .
29 When a nurse first saw him move around in his bed , she gave him a pencil and piece of paper : he wrote a note asking for his watch .
30 She gave him the two packets , each holding five cigarettes , received his fourpence , smiled at him and said , ‘ Thank you very much . ’
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