Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] gave he " in BNC.
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| 1 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 2 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 3 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 4 | It was widely said that he had long resented the Shah 's great oil wealth and the independence that it gave him . |
| 5 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 6 | He gave us his story and we gave him ours . |
| 7 | I can give the hon. Gentleman the undertaking — it is of the sort that I gave him in Committee — that I believe that many things should be done with the extra resources that we shall have , and in the context of administrative matters the care of records is relevant . |
| 8 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
| 9 | It was a strange place and it gave him strange ideas ; he was oddly aware of those who had played , and loved and quarrelled there . |
| 10 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 11 | There was once years and years ago , he came in one night and I gave him these three pieces of paper and er what was it ? |
| 12 | I worked in up there about nineteen fifty or fifty one when I had a dispute with the manager and I gave him a week 's notice . |
| 13 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |
| 14 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 15 | She could have tried for goal , but Mike had an easier shot so she gave him a lightning , nearside , under-the-neck pass . |
| 16 | Bruno , while coy about the details of the offer , said : ‘ Rock gave me his telephone number and I gave him mine . |
| 17 | He really loved the hairdressing profession as it gave him a captive audience to bounce his latest jokes off . |
| 18 | Erm he wrote to Photo Gallery and asked them for er an exhibition date and they gave him one in nineteen ninety . |
| 19 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 20 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 21 | Des O'Grady must have made some audacious remark to her in his broad Irish accent for she gave him a wide grin , showing her impeccable set of incisors . |
| 22 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 23 | Roger Davis fell in love with photography when his gave him a box camera nearly 50 years ago . |
| 24 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 25 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 26 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |