Example sentences of "[verb] given him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact it was one of Adams 's less-explosive innings which has given him the most pleasure this summer . |
| 2 | Adorno 's recognition of the radical potential of what he called jazz ( see , for example , Adorno 1976 : 33–4 ) could have given him the theoretical space for such an approach ( it certainly means he has no logical grounds for the theoretical closure he operates , only a self-fulfilling pessimism ) ; but he fails to follow his quest into places where he could have found what he sought , and , more damagingly , he excludes the possibility of any other mode of critique than that associated with alienated individualism . |
| 3 | I would never have given him the sweet if I knew there was acid in it . |
| 4 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 5 | She sometimes had given him the spare front door key but he denied having had the key on the day of her death . |
| 6 | Paris had given him the intellectual edge and the authority to do this . |
| 7 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 8 | What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all . |
| 9 | Anyway , there 's certainly no way I 'm going to start physio on him the way things are , or at least until you or Dr Grant have given him the OK . ’ |