Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her .
2 She made him take tap classes to loosen his ankles and gave him daily exercises to do under her assistant 's instruction .
3 Thacker put his hands back in his pockets and gave her a pitying look .
4 Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks .
5 He put his hands on his hips and gave me a kind of larky look .
6 The man wiped his hands ineffectually on his hips and gave her a limp handshake .
7 Dad was flaring his nostrils and giving him a wild stare .
8 These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments .
9 His matter of factness suddenly evaporated , and he took her in his arms and gave her a passionate kiss which said : ‘ I 'm glad you 're coming . ’
10 By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them .
11 He raised his eyebrows and gave her a cool stare .
12 Ken took the boy to his home , dried his clothes and gave him a meal .
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