Example sentences of "[noun sg] give him [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore a flat , battered cap on his head , pushed to one side to give him a jaunty air . |
| 2 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 3 | Riled by the peremptory note of command in his voice , Rory opened her mouth to give him a scathing reply , but just in time caught the sideways glance slid her way by Candy and bit her tongue . |
| 4 | She opened her mouth to give him a blistering answer , then closed it abruptly . |
| 5 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 6 | His regular drawing practice gave him a solid understanding of the structure of the human head and hands , and he is unique amongst 18th century British painters for his custom of making detailed preparatory drawings for his portraits . |
| 7 | A demand from his bladder gave him a happy idea . |
| 8 | His sole gave him a peculiar sensation , realising that it was undone and dragging , made him laugh , in retort , but secretly , inside . |
| 9 | So it was a stroke of luck when a friend scrapping an old Volvo car gave him a complete system to fit to his tractor . |
| 10 | Lack of sleep , food bolted too quickly , the heat and the night jogging gave him a dark-eyed expression of endurance . |
| 11 | I asked Make-Up to give him a few mosquito bites but he refused point-blank . |
| 12 | I 'm not a psychologist , but I read , and I would say that attitude gives him a colossal arrogance . |
| 13 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |
| 14 | From 1743 until his death , Davies was the undisputed leader of the Pembrokeshire Methodists : his power as a preacher ( a power not discernible in his only printed sermon , Llais y Priodfab , 1768 ) , his standing as an ordained clergyman , and his financial independence gave him a rare combination of spiritual and social advantages . |
| 15 | Only Father Kolbe remained alive until a bored guard gave him a fatal injection of carbolic acid . |
| 16 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 17 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 18 | Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary gave him a one-in-ten chance of living . |
| 19 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 20 | His mark on the last test gave him a final average of fourteen marks for X plus two tests . |
| 21 | No give but his mark on his last test gave him the final average of fourteen marks for X plus two tests . |
| 22 | Saturday 's quintet gave him the remarkable tally of 15 wins from the 35 races run on the Flat in Ireland in 1992 . |
| 23 | Topaz gave him a withering glance . |
| 24 | The marquis 's voice had softened and for the first time Topaz gave him a wide smile . |
| 25 | We found him seated on a particularly high section of wall sketching the decoration of an inner chamber , and when I climbed up beside him I noticed his vantage point gave him a clear view of the Toyota . |
| 26 | The Williams team gave him a quick change of tyres … but not quick enough to prevent Patrase and Senna fly past into the lead . |
| 27 | Norman 's seven-birdie course record gave him a one-shot lead playing the 18th , but he should have known his chance had gone with Faldo having won two Augusta titles in extra time . |
| 28 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 29 | During the course of a week , his nursery teacher gave him a simple task once a day and noted the time he spent on this task . |
| 30 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |