Example sentences of "gave he [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely .
2 As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance .
3 Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought .
4 At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used .
5 Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look .
6 I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance .
7 Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance .
8 At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown .
9 Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career .
10 She gave him a last long look and went out , shutting it with unnecessary firmness behind her .
11 When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it .
12 King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began .
13 King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began .
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