Example sentences of "he [vb past] give [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 2 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 3 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 4 | ‘ Did you have a — ? ’ good trip , Leith might have said , but as if thinking he 'd given them enough time to sort themselves out , Naylor was butting in , and positively flabbergasting her by what he chose to interrupt with ! |
| 5 | Now all I 'm saying is that he undertook to give us those in forty eight hours . |
| 6 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 7 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 8 | Perhaps he had given him some idea of when he would be home . |
| 9 | He had a good later reputation , and according to Osbern was very acceptable to Cnut because he had given him holy chrism . |
| 10 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
| 11 | If Benjamin had given her nothing else in their life together he had given her this child , and for that Sarah would forgive him anything . |
| 12 | Anyway , he had given her enough money to have the baby comfortably ; and she had already made up her mind that she was n't going to have it adopted . |
| 13 | But he had given it all up and returned to the business world as a marketing executive . |
| 14 | His anger was real but so continuously felt that once he had given it adequate ( in his own mind ) expression , it ceased to modify his actions . |
| 15 | And erm and say I went shopping and I I saw that and I liked it and I thought oh I 'll go in and ask how much it is , he said give us twenty five quid for it , you can have the lot . |
| 16 | Well he said give I twenty pound |
| 17 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |