Example sentences of "and gave he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 2 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
| 3 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 4 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 5 | She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted . |
| 6 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 7 | But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face , was a ghastly smile , which … constantly revealed the few discoloured fangs that were yet scattered in his mouth , and gave him the aspect of a panting dog . ’ |
| 8 | It appointed Patrick Le Quement , one of the world 's most free-thinking car designers , and gave him the freedom to get on with it . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , a wide variety of courts administered a wide variety of laws all over western Europe ; and if one asked a man in any part of Europe to whose law he was subject , he might well have answered ‘ to my law ’ — for law was a personal thing , which a man might carry about with him ; it bound him to the courts to which his ancestors had been subject , to the laws of those courts , and gave him the privileges which those courts provided . |
| 10 | Mister Johnny looked at Nick ; then he laughed and gave him the skull . |
| 11 | His father raised him up and gave him the kiss of peace . |
| 12 | He went straight out , went to four families , whose names immediately suggested themselves to him , checked his facts and figures , got in while discussion was still on and flatly contradicted the great John and gave him the facts and figures to prove it , to tell him that he was wrong . |
| 13 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 14 | It was a glittering prospect and gave him the courage to brush his hand against Eloise 's breast as he kissed her goodbye . |
| 15 | ‘ Here it is , sir , ’ I said , and gave him the papers tied inside the cloth . |
| 16 | Ben had told the doctor this , and the next morning the doctor gave Silver the map — which was now useless — and gave him the food at the stockade , because there was plenty in Ben Gunn 's cave . |
| 17 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 18 | However , he and Earl Tostig Godwinsson [ q.v. ] were robbed by brigands on their way home , and forced to return to Rome , where Nicholas reinstated Ealdred and gave him the pallium , while insisting that he give up Worcester . |
| 19 | ‘ Anyway the woman in the bus saw his picture in this evening 's paper , told the local bobby and gave him the boy 's uncle 's address which the lad had passed on to her the previous evening . |
| 20 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 21 | I RANG Inspector Redpath at his home , and gave him the name and address of Stavanger 's dentist . |
| 22 | Some time later Mehmed II repented of his action , invited Molla Husrev back to Istanbul and gave him the office of Mufti . |
| 23 | I wrote to him every few days and gave him the details of everything that happened and everyone I met . |
| 24 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 25 | Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] . |
| 26 | The council reinstated Tengiz Sigua ( who had resigned in August 1991 when Gamsakhurdia dismissed other senior ministers — see p. 38417 ) as acting Prime Minister and gave him the responsibility of forming a cabinet , which would assume power temporarily once the situation in the country had stabilized . |
| 27 | At four o'clock , nearly an hour before sunrise , the first blackbird began to sing and Thorfinn moved from light sleep to full awareness a moment before Klakkr son of Bathrik , his body-servant for many years , touched him on the shoulder and gave him the sentry 's report : no movement from the enemy in the wood . |
| 28 | Fortunately , from the point of view of the tsar , the Khan of Bukhara was pro-Russian and gave him the chance to threaten Khiva from the rear . |
| 29 | Success in the Caucasian war and the friendship between Bariatinskii and the tsar restored him to favour at the centre and gave him the chance of putting his ideas into practice . |
| 30 | Louise kissed him and gave him the pie . |