Example sentences of "would give he [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I met Pam 's bloke coming down Briggate I 'd give him a wide berth . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 3 | which would give him a good break really to get a few things done . |
| 4 | I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright . |
| 5 | It would n't do him any harm to take this ungoverned creature for a short jaunt in the fields and the experience would give him a splendid ascendancy over Inspector Burden when he walked into the station at nine-thirty . |
| 6 | The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance . |
| 7 | If he appeared in that door now , probably none of the girls here would give him a second glance : it 's all long hair and round shoulders now , is n't it , like yesterday 's flowers . |
| 8 | The Leader would give him a right bollocking , but there were no hard feelings , because everyone knew that really he loved the poor little bugger , with an almost fatherly concern . |
| 9 | I might just do that ; it would give him a nice surprise . |
| 10 | I would give him a fresh buttonhole every day to go to the university until he said he did n't like it . |
| 11 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 12 | Malinga lost on a split decision to WBO super-middleweight champion Chris Eubank in February and Benn hopes that an impressive victory would give him a psychological advantage over his great rival should they meet later this year . |
| 13 | When a man wished to know what a king should be like , his clerical advisers would give him an expurgated account of the careers of King David , King Solomon and King Hezekiah ; if a man aspired to be emperor , he might hear a little about Constantine and Theodosius and other imperial figures of the distant past ; but he would hear above all about Charlemagne . |
| 14 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 15 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 16 | Now , forty years on , there was at last the technology — laser-tracking CD video — that would give him the finest sound with the finest picture-resolution in a medium that was compatible with the new domestic sound system that would , by the early 1990s , render the LP largely obsolete . |
| 17 | She was shrewd enough to understand that the way he had been treated as a child would give him the added drive and determination to better himself . |
| 18 | In those days Madame would never stop him from drinking , would never put her hand out over his glass like a good or responsible woman is supposed to in such scenes ; Madame would give him the whole bottle , and say , quietly and sincerely , I hope you know what you 're doing . |