Example sentences of "gave he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband . |
| 2 | The plans were sent to the Governors of the Greenwich Hospital , but they gave him no encouragement . |
| 3 | His arm lay against his side like another body , his but not his , a throbbing strangeness grotesquely large , a companion to his every movement and one that gave him no peace . |
| 4 | She came with him to Joe 's birthday party and danced mainly with Peter , though in the slow numbers she gave him no encouragement to smooch with her ; and when she danced with other people he thought that , quite literally , he was going to die of pain . |
| 5 | His family knew nothing of education and so gave him no support or encouragement , still less active aid . |
| 6 | To choose one of many examples , I can point to the case of Nottingham-born Herol Graham , whose parents came from Jamaica and gave him no support in his sporting endeavours , at first in sprinting and then in boxing where he made his mark as a light-middleweight . |
| 7 | Darling finished the tour with 1022 runs at 34.07 , but in that strong batting line-up this gave him no better than eighth place . |
| 8 | " I know how you came by your money , Harry Pascoe , and I know that Sam was only in with you because you gave him no alternative . |
| 9 | Not only were many of his proposals radically altered by the Duma , but he encountered stiff opposition from the State Council and the Tsar himself gave him no more than lukewarm support . |
| 10 | She gave him no inkling that she was anxious or worried , remained firm and maintained a total discipline of emotion and action . |
| 11 | Not unnaturally , as a Conservative supporter , this gave him no pleasure and he was reasonably apprehensive that it would arouse criticism from other persons of the same political persuasion . |
| 12 | Sikes and Nancy gave him no chance to escape and Oliver had no breath to call out for help . |
| 13 | Cora-Beth 's voice gave him no time to consider the matter further . |
| 14 | Marilyn Monroe gave him no clues . |
| 15 | Flaubert was distressed and begged for mercy , but she gave him no quarter . ’ |
| 16 | He drank heavily , but it gave him no elation , merely intensified his mood . |
| 17 | Lorton was relieved that the clutch gave him no trouble : the wound in his leg had been designed to scare him , not to incapacitate him . |
| 18 | Gebrec smiled politely , but Melissa had the impression that the announcement gave him no particular pleasure . |
| 19 | But it gave him no comfort . |
| 20 | It was easy to imagine the undertaker sitting , relaxed , without his jacket or tie , being shot by someone behind him ; probably by someone well known to him whose presence gave him no concern . |
| 21 | The tiny movements of the wherry and the gentle , muted river sounds which came to him through the warm night air gave him no relief . |
| 22 | The poor sod does n't like it , but the boss gave him no choice . |
| 23 | The growled admission obviously gave him no pleasure , and Gina decided it wiser not to point out that in fact he had n't recalled his generosity until she had prompted his memory ! |
| 24 | But no matter how much he twisted and turned , the Liverpool dynamo gave him no rest . |
| 25 | She gave him no sign . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Swan gave him no such greeting . |
| 28 | He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement . |
| 29 | It gave him no pleasure . |
| 30 | But then the pointlessness of unemployment gave him no pleasure . |