Example sentences of "he gave [pers pn] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | He retired after the last C E T and he gave me all his pens and stuff . |
| 2 | Yeah I but think he gave me all his drink . |
| 3 | ‘ Ad enuff have you , boy ? ’ he said picking him up and with that he gave them all a brisk wave and disappeared down the steps , closing the hatch quickly behind him . |
| 4 | Suffering badly — as usual — from boils ( he gave them all nicknames ) — ‘ it 's the badness coming out , ’ they would say — disenfranchised in the great educational paperchase , neither a macho miner nor a successful exception , he was a nobody in the middle of nowhere with no prospects . |
| 5 | He emerged from the subsequent libel trial against the Daily Star with his reputation intact and £500,000 in damages ( he gave it all to charity ) , but his victory came too late to save his political career . |
| 6 | He was the head of fine art at the school of art for 20 years until he gave it all up to paint fulltime . |