Example sentences of "gave [pron] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave them his last instructions , and then he was taken from their sight . |
| 2 | Gently — and a little inexpertly — he gave her his first love in return , and that joining of soul to soul and body to body convinced her that in love it is indeed better to give than to receive . |
| 3 | The home team 's comeback was complete when Ford cross to the far post and Paul Read 's low header gave him his 17th goal of the season . |
| 4 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 5 | Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break . |
| 6 | But there was an interesting sequel , which gave him his first , insightful , small stab at directing . |
| 7 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 8 | Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight . |
| 9 | His old course and his new job gave him his first academic publication : a grammar of the Albanian language . |
| 10 | It also gave him his first taste of advertising as he worked as a junior on the flotation of Harrison Cowley , later to be taken over by Saatchi & Saatchi . |
| 11 | I gave him his first bath . |
| 12 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 13 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 14 | His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation . |
| 15 | His new wife Fatmawati gave him his first son , Guntur , whose name means ‘ thunder ’ . |
| 16 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 17 | Gungawatti , when frightened by a swarm of jungle bees , gave him his first ride on the back of a bolting elephant . |
| 18 | He is still the same tee-total football maniac he was when Hal Stewart gave him his first Scottish job as player-manager of Morton . |
| 19 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 20 | An ambulance gave him his last race to Paso Robles Hospital . |