Example sentences of "the [noun sg] give him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you disapprove of us , my angel ? ’ she asked , exalted by wine and overbearing , and took him down to the kitchen to give him some of the leftover chicken . |
| 3 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 4 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 5 | Land was the basis of Lowther 's county and parliamentary position ; the law gave him added influence and opportunity . |
| 6 | O , the Fox went out on a chilly night and he prayed to the moon to give him light … |
| 7 | The knowledge gave him renewed confidence , and now the strange bizarre names came to him more easily . |
| 8 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 9 | The girl behind the counter gave him eight £1 coins . |
| 10 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 11 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 12 | The matter gave him enormous regret , no doubt an unhappy situation whose solution lay in the lap of the all-merciful Allah ; nothing would give him greater pleasure than to return to Mr Laing his passport , which he had taken into nightly safekeeping only at the specific request of Mr Pyle . |
| 13 | They 'd fed him and had the decency to give him fresh clothes , the shirt , blue jeans and a broad leather belt with embossed brass buckle to hold them up — camping-shop gear but adequate against the chill of November . |
| 14 | Hillary did n't actually manage to reach the summit of Makut Parbat which was his main objective , but the expedition gave him invaluable experience . |