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

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1 Just how successful Reagan was as governor of California has , not surprisingly , been the subject of dispute , with his supporters exaggerating his achievements and his opponents giving him less than his due .
2 Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty .
3 Nevertheless , for all that he 'd been around there was definitely something that was attractive and appealing about him ; only his eyes gave him away , because they could turn cold and introspective while those around him were whooping it up .
4 On his first night back , his parents give him a party , to which they invite their circle of middle-class , middle-aged friends .
5 ‘ The gentleman before you complained that his lenses gave him double vision and headaches .
6 ‘ The gentleman before you complained his lenses gave him double vision and headaches .
7 His relations gave him up , deploring his French expedition and the revolutionary sympathies it so clearly implied , and despairing that he would ever take the opportunities available to him for making a career in the Church or the law .
8 It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through .
9 After twenty-eight rounds Cribb was unable to come to scratch , but a ruse by his seconds gave him time to recover , and Molineaux retired in the thirty-third round .
10 Jaq switched on the magnetics in his boots to give him purchase for possible combat .
11 MD , , presented with a colour television from the company , while his colleagues gave him a garden bench .
12 He was a tall , attractive man in his mid-forties , the grey hair at his temples giving him a distinguished look .
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