Example sentences of "he gave he " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
2 | He spent hours that Christmas in the garage with my son and the BMW and at the end of his stay , he gave him his leather jacket . |
3 | Legend has it that the mandarin was so grateful to Earl Grey for services rendered that he gave him his secret tea recipe , to keep mind , body and spirit together in perfect harmony . |
4 | In return for Jos 's labour he gave him bed and board . ’ |
5 | For instance , when Petrarch met the Emperor Charles IV at Mantua in 1354 he gave him some Roman coins with the words , ‘ Look , Caesar , on those whom you have succeeded ; look on those you should strive to emulate . ’ |
6 | When Geoffrey son of Sarah of Empingham resisted this illegal demand , the forester raised the hue and cry upon him , and distrained him until he gave him two shillings and found sureties for appearing at the attachment court . |
7 | Nicholson , while rejecting Corman as his ‘ mentor ’ gladly acknowledges the start and subsequent ten years ' work he gave him . |
8 | As he passed Liam , still asleep , he gave him a shove and sent him sprawling into the gravel . |
9 | He gave him a document and showed him the photocopying room . |
10 | He gave him a hand with a large oil drum , and then another , as Nell , tearing herself from her appointed task , dragged over a bench . |
11 | When his father realised that Christian had no intention of returning to the family estate in Oxfordshire , and breeding prime Herefordshire cattle for the rest of his life , he gave him a small capital sum and washed his hands of him . |
12 | He gave him an affectionate pat on the bottom . |
13 | ‘ You walk alongside of me , ’ and he gave him a gentle push into the field , and swung the gate behind him . |
14 | Perhaps Adams was more astute than he gave him credit for . |
15 | He gave him the digest . |
16 | On the tests he gave him he was better on puzzles and patterns , poor on those involving speaking and understanding . |
17 | And when the blackbird came , he gave him his beautiful song , and when the cow came , he gave her sharp horns and the strength to be afraid of no other creature . |
18 | John Lehmann had such confidence in Minton 's design sense that when he handed to him the typescript of Elizabeth David 's A Book of Mediterranean Food he gave him carte blanche to do as he liked with it . |
19 | He could also be more bluntly manipulative : on one occasion he walked up to a sailor , with his girlfriend at the bar , saying , as he gave him £20 , ‘ When you 've finished with her , come and see Auntie Minton , she 's got plenty more . ’ |
20 | He gave him ten dollars and put the clump of valuables underneath his newspapers and a heap of message slips and theatre programs . |
21 | He gave him the name and the number of the hotel in Buxton . |
22 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
23 | I had Mr Harris , the vet , out to him once or twice , and he gave him tablets which worked miracles for a time . |
24 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
25 | He gave him a broom and told him to go and sweep the animal turds of the deck . ’ |
26 | He gave him as sharp a look as he dared . |
27 | He gave him no time to pay and ordered he be jailed for up to the alternative of 14 days . |
28 | warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul |
29 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
30 | he gave him a job , er |