Example sentences of "he gave [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave her some more champagne and she asked if he had children . |
| 2 | He gave her another terrible smile . |
| 3 | I told him about the defenestration of Ramsey Everett and he gave me five hundred pounds . |
| 4 | He gave me two good reasons for moving to the city . |
| 5 | He gave me few specific directions , but I could pour out my hopes and fears and failures and be reassured and restored . |
| 6 | He gave me some good news . |
| 7 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 8 | Yeah he gave me some more maths sheets to do . |
| 9 | For instance , when Petrarch met the Emperor Charles IV at Mantua in 1354 he gave him some Roman coins with the words , ‘ Look , Caesar , on those whom you have succeeded ; look on those you should strive to emulate . ’ |
| 10 | Ferguson added : ‘ When Eric joined Leeds last season , he gave them that extra bit which enabled them win the title . |
| 11 | But , just as he did so , he gave us one more burst of the mechanical voice : ‘ Andrew Logan Manningtree Marr , born Glasgow 1946 , died Wimbledon 1990 . |
| 12 | He did not mention the patients charter , but he gave us some other insights into his approach to the problems . |
| 13 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |