Example sentences of "he [vb past] give [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 2 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 3 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 5 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 6 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 7 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 8 | On his return , he had given her a gold-coloured owl and told her he was in love with her . |
| 9 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 10 | Meg remembered , shuddered with the memory ; the whole deal : he had given her a just beating , then pissed all over her . |
| 11 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
| 12 | When he opened it moths flew out and he had to give it a good clean to get rid of the cobwebs and years of dust that had settled inside . |
| 13 | He wanted to give it a space-age look so , apparently , he went to one of the companies here which specialises in metal research for NASA . ’ |