Example sentences of "he gave the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A powerful Muslim force was besieging his city of Tiberias and he gave the order to advance to its relief knowing full well that by leaving his camp he was risking battle . |
| 2 | When he gave the order , they began to cut the corn in the field where I was hiding . |
| 3 | I asked him what they said when he gave the order and he went red . |
| 4 | He gave the order and we returned to our books . |
| 5 | He gave the order , then leaned back in his chair , smiling at her . |
| 6 | Edouard turned his head ; he gave the boy a cold stare . |
| 7 | When it was over , he gave the boy £2.20 . |
| 8 | He gave the reports to Juliet . |
| 9 | Tchaikovsky was the first to break that mould when he gave the Sapphire Fairy ( now one of Florestan 's sisters ) a solo to a 5/4 time signature . |
| 10 | When satisfied with his progress he gave the products away to any whom the doctors thought would benefit from them . |
| 11 | Yes Mr Chairman I 'm not clear erm about something that Mr Gordon said in his opening remarks that I 'd like clarified and that is that he gave the committee the impression that there were er certain of the of the partners that were accepting erm a lower specification in other words , omitting from the what is the British best if you like , erm certain items of of equipment in order to reduce cost of the aircraft , both in development stage and at the production stage , final cost of the aircraft , unit cost . |
| 12 | He gave the ball a very sweet hit and off it went . |
| 13 | By 1578 he was town clerk of Colchester , a puritan borough , where he gave the address welcoming the queen in 1579 . |
| 14 | In the autumn of 1852 he photographed in Russia , and the results were shown at the first exhibition of photography at the Society of Arts , when he gave the address . |
| 15 | He gave the Bookman a big hug and hoped they would be friends for a long , long time . |
| 16 | It was within his own mode of religious discourse that he was made aware of the need to travel in a certain spirit and to think and act in accordance with specific religious and ethical criteria to which he gave the name Truth . |
| 17 | When he found this was n't good enough for the police , the result of speaking the truth being the lesser of two evils , he gave the name of a woman he had visited . |
| 18 | You will recall that when we talked about the libido theory , I said that there were erm different one of the reasons why Freud had to introduce the libido theory was he wanted to get away from the narrow biological reproductive concept of sex to do with genitals and reproduction which is of course he 'd want to expand it to include psychological never seen before er or never seen before so clearly , such as erm love of the self and , and this he gave the name narcissism , well he did n't actually , somebody else invented it not long before and he took it over very quickly . |
| 19 | And with that he left , making sure he gave the door a good hard slam as well . |
| 20 | He gave the door a strong push . |
| 21 | I suspect he gave the comfits and marchpane to children in the village , sold the silver dish for alms and drank the wine himself . |
| 22 | I myself , not having much knowledge of computer electronics called for the services of a professional Computer Engineer , after explaining the symptoms he gave the PC a thorough check , he then informed me no fault could be found but suggested that as the problem was intermittent and the PC was somewhat old , it could be susceptible to noise not conducted but radiated at some external source , Radio Frequency Interference ( R.F.I. ) . |
| 23 | On the first occasion he gave the King the result of the consultations with the Cabinet and the Dominions . |
| 24 | He gave the scientist instructions on how to return to the main part of the school . |
| 25 | He gave the jury a list of Meehan 's past convictions , knowing that he was prevented by the rules of evidence from telling them that Waddell was at that moment serving a sentence in Barlinnie for wounding or that he had served a previous sentence for perjury at Meehan 's trial . |
| 26 | He gave the banner a second glance , fixing its curves and lines in his mind , storing the sight so that he could draw it some time . |
| 27 | The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose . |
| 28 | ‘ If you could dig up a back copy — he gave the date , nine years before ; ‘ — If the worst comes to the worst , just lift one from the Liaison Officer 's back room . ’ |
| 29 | The disenfranchised local people have a vested interest in their land and their animals and plants — something President Barco of Colombia recognised recently when he gave the Indians back their forests . |
| 30 | Barney nodded resignedly as he gave the canoe a push with his foot , and watched it drift out into midstream . |