Example sentences of "have give him the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I would never have given him the sweet if I knew there was acid in it .
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 She sometimes had given him the spare front door key but he denied having had the key on the day of her death .
5 Paris had given him the intellectual edge and the authority to do this .
6 ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’
7 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 .
8 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 . ’
9 I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually
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