Example sentences of "he give [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as her body and limbs thrummed in the dizzy afterflow Fernando deepened his penetration , shuddering against her till she clung to him , grinding herself under him to give him the ultimate pleasure , to enhance every thrust he pounded into her , to draw him hard down into her power and her love . |
| 2 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 3 | Never , by look or gesture or word , had he given her the slightest justification for thinking that he might be interested in her as a person . |
| 4 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
| 5 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 6 | He gives us the archetypal wolf in Armani threads in script executive Griffin Mill — Tim Robbins — whose job entails dashing the hopes of thousands of writers each year and making a handful rich . |
| 7 | He gave her the gleaming smile she detested . |
| 8 | He gave her the slowest , steadiest smile he could manage . |
| 9 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 10 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 11 | He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story : the thirty-five-foot mountain he 'd ridden on 5 January 1985 . |
| 12 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 13 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 14 | He gave us the following answers : |
| 15 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |