Example sentences of "[noun sg] gave him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His regular drawing practice gave him a solid understanding of the structure of the human head and hands , and he is unique amongst 18th century British painters for his custom of making detailed preparatory drawings for his portraits . |
| 2 | A demand from his bladder gave him a happy idea . |
| 3 | His sole gave him a peculiar sensation , realising that it was undone and dragging , made him laugh , in retort , but secretly , inside . |
| 4 | So it was a stroke of luck when a friend scrapping an old Volvo car gave him a complete system to fit to his tractor . |
| 5 | Lack of sleep , food bolted too quickly , the heat and the night jogging gave him a dark-eyed expression of endurance . |
| 6 | daft anyway and nine times out of ten you 've got to look at him and speak to him and that because he ca n't understand and er bloke gave him the verbal . |
| 7 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |
| 8 | From 1743 until his death , Davies was the undisputed leader of the Pembrokeshire Methodists : his power as a preacher ( a power not discernible in his only printed sermon , Llais y Priodfab , 1768 ) , his standing as an ordained clergyman , and his financial independence gave him a rare combination of spiritual and social advantages . |
| 9 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 10 | Only Father Kolbe remained alive until a bored guard gave him a fatal injection of carbolic acid . |
| 11 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 12 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 13 | Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary gave him a one-in-ten chance of living . |
| 14 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 15 | His mark on the last test gave him a final average of fourteen marks for X plus two tests . |
| 16 | No give but his mark on his last test gave him the final average of fourteen marks for X plus two tests . |
| 17 | Saturday 's quintet gave him the remarkable tally of 15 wins from the 35 races run on the Flat in Ireland in 1992 . |
| 18 | Topaz gave him a withering glance . |
| 19 | The marquis 's voice had softened and for the first time Topaz gave him a wide smile . |
| 20 | We found him seated on a particularly high section of wall sketching the decoration of an inner chamber , and when I climbed up beside him I noticed his vantage point gave him a clear view of the Toyota . |
| 21 | The Williams team gave him a quick change of tyres … but not quick enough to prevent Patrase and Senna fly past into the lead . |
| 22 | Norman 's seven-birdie course record gave him a one-shot lead playing the 18th , but he should have known his chance had gone with Faldo having won two Augusta titles in extra time . |
| 23 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 24 | During the course of a week , his nursery teacher gave him a simple task once a day and noted the time he spent on this task . |
| 25 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 26 | Gebrec smiled politely , but Melissa had the impression that the announcement gave him no particular pleasure . |
| 27 | He was a queer fish , but the town gave him a rough ride when they got the chance . ’ |
| 28 | Always placing one foot directly in front of the other gave him a slinking walk . |
| 29 | His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets . |
| 30 | His only blemish on the front nine was at the second hole dropping shots at 14 and 15 brought it to four under but a good birdie at 16 and a level par finish gave him a 66 and the course record by two shots . |