Example sentences of "[adv] gave him [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Steel merely gave him a black labrador puppy . |
| 2 | Fear of being ousted from Edward 's entourage by the king 's Poitevin half-brothers perhaps gave him a personal interest in the political upheaval of 1258 , which began with the half-brothers ' expulsion from England . |
| 3 | I only gave him that much , I only gave him a tiny drop to take , I said it 's medicinal really like my Brandy Port . |
| 4 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
| 5 | seeing it not as a game between two teams but between his team and the opposition , a position which not only gave him a particular involvement , but also particular rights of commentary and criticism on the team , the management and the club . |
| 6 | People generally gave him a wide berth because of the smell he carried with him . |
| 7 | As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance . |
| 8 | . I just gave him a quick brush tonight . |
| 9 | That just gave him the more confidence . ’ |
| 10 | The camera then as always gave him a major problem . |
| 11 | His commitment to the poor and the dispossessed , combined with his mesmerising oratory — a seductive blend of traditional folklore , proverb and responsive litany — rapidly gave him a huge following within the slums of the capital . |
| 12 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
| 13 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
| 14 | I simply gave him a cool look . |
| 15 | The importance of being able to reciprocate gifts in kind is also illustrated by case study data from Pahl 's study on household work strategies on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent , in which one man who was long-term unemployed had been helping an uncle to decorate his house , and how the uncle then gave him a large piece of meat . |
| 16 | The injury w£flared up again at the end of the year , but at least gave him a brief respite to demonstrate that being 40 was not a barrier likely to hold him back . |
| 17 | So when Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson hastily gave him a free transfer to Spain 's Sporting Gijon more than three years ago , you 'd have bet that the battered Irishman would have slipped quietly out of the limelight . |
| 18 | About to make a flippant reply , she checked herself and instead gave him the exact truth . |
| 19 | Never gave him the slightest hint . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners . |