Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] give he " in BNC.
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1 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
2 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
3 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |
4 | O was only one of the many names that we had given him , but it was the one that had lasted . |
5 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
6 | He retained an affection for Paris and a gratitude for the intellectual advantages that it had given him to which he later referred as pope . |