Example sentences of "[was/were] give he [art] " in BNC.

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1 The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list .
2 When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating .
3 Willy-nilly , he was now the star of The Hooded Owl , and the rest of the cast were giving him a taste of the treatment afforded to stars .
4 I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time .
5 ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’
6 And wh what they did , they carried out this test and they er in American and they erm were giving him the pills .
7 He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ .
8 He did go back to London ; he did defy the might of Zanuck , but the canny Alex Korda in London stitched up the contract later which , yes , was to give him a million dollars , but also tie him to some terrible films .
9 Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes .
10 Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message .
11 His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship .
12 In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind .
13 When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look .
14 He had heard about the Funnell family and the old matriarch when Doctor Rice was giving him a lightning summary of the patients .
15 Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted .
16 Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped .
17 He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me .
18 By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder .
19 Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave .
20 So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle .
21 He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability .
22 Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick .
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