Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [conj] gave he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over by the piano , Mary Bunn squirmed on her piano stool and gave him a one . |
| 2 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 3 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 4 | ‘ Cosier , do n't you think ? ’ she said coyly , as she slid into a chair nearest the kitchen door and gave him what he could only assume was her standard come-hither look . |
| 5 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 6 | Five years ago a medical general practitioner might have spent $8,000 a year on an insurance policy that gave him cover for a claim up to $1m . |
| 7 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 8 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 9 | Mrs Pigdon , returning with his meal , noted the disgracefully lowered level of the liquor in the brandy bottle and gave him a look that spoke volumes . |