Example sentences of "he had given [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 2 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 3 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 4 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 5 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 6 | When he had given her the keys and the egg , and had left her , she first put the egg away with great care , and then examined the house , and at last went into the forbidden room . |
| 7 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 8 | He had given her the capital for the first one on their twentieth wedding anniversary , when he had already bought a Georgian pendant that he dearly wished her to have , but before he chanced giving it to her he had asked her what she would like , and she told him . |
| 9 | But she was glad of that too , for she might have felt she was honour bound to refuse — she could hardly have consented without shame — but this way , he had given her the most intense pleasure , which crossed her back and forth in waves of shock and fear , redoubling upon themselves and increasing in strength . |
| 10 | She remembered how he had given her the creeps . |
| 11 | He had given her the excuse as usual . |
| 12 | Then , too , she had felt rather shy of him since Christmas when he had given her the violets and had tried not to encourage his obvious interest in her . |
| 13 | He had given us the computer codes to chalk on the outside of the boxes , but you would n't have caught him packing files into the boxes or wrapping them up with pink tape afterwards . |