Example sentences of "[noun sg] and give him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 2 | I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute . |
| 3 | In addition , the war years had turned de Gaulle himself into a national leader and given him a unique symbolic identity , and yet had left him an inexperienced politician without an organized or cohesive following . |
| 4 | A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away . |
| 5 | Uncle Mick reached across his wife and gave him a heavy slap on the knee . |
| 6 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 7 | He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders . |
| 8 | Something of the atmosphere in Roxie Farmer 's house seemed to go home with Coffin and give him a restless night . |
| 9 | So you will walk into that store and give him the haughtiest stare you are capable of — and you can do it , ’ he promised . |
| 10 | The man was elevated and screened-in like an auctioneer , to deter attack and to give him an overall view of every part of the shop . |
| 11 | She replaced the receiver and gave him an apologetic smile . |
| 12 | And she put it before Gabriel on a wooden plate and gave him a wooden cup full of water . |
| 13 | Knocker re-filled Sooty 's mug with rough cider and gave him a disapproving look at the same time . |
| 14 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 15 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 16 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |