Example sentences of "[coord] gave him [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sergeant licked Master 's face and hands and gave him playful nips on the arms . |
| 2 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 3 | Even in Britain in the last years of the nineteenth century a high foreign office official had fairly frequent interviews , on the instructions of Lord Salisbury , the prime minister and foreign secretary , with Reuter 's agent in London and gave him selected information considered helpful to British policy . |
| 4 | Mr Fractor shouted at him each lesson and gave him two lengths of the corridor nearly every week . |
| 5 | I pulled up underneath the e/a and gave him two bursts … the e/a was last seen at sea level eight miles away heading towards Sicily with some speed but apparently little concern . ’ |
| 6 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 7 | , . I had a very serious patient er , the other day , and I treated him and gave him six months to live , but at the end of six months , he did n't pay his account , so I gave him another six months . , . |
| 8 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 9 | Mrs ze Schluderpacheru had taken pity on him , and gave him some sweeping-up chores in return for room and board and the occasional session with Fat Juanita . |
| 10 | Felix 's wife began to recite her poetry , and wondered about his air fare , and gave him some coffee . |
| 11 | There was little delegation of authority , but Di Tella 's personal participation enhanced his authority and gave him considerable control . |
| 12 | Maybe she tied him up and gave him soft whip . |
| 13 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 14 | He remained in the royal household under Richard III , who knighted him and gave him further land in Northamptonshire and London in 1484 . |
| 15 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
| 16 | The injury temporarily blinded one eye and gave him double vision in the other , but is now no more than a bruise , said his wife . |
| 17 | She was teasing , but I answered , ‘ I 'd guess Mercer assured the waiter he would n't be fired and took him aside and gave him twenty dollars . ’ |
| 18 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 19 | He thanked the singer and gave him another sop , which he could ill afford . |
| 20 | It hired a competent manager from the private sector , Silvio Pelizzoni , but gave him little power . |
| 21 | Perversely , in the way of Customs Officers , we insisted but gave him ten minutes to clear up , then climbed on board to see to the necessary documentation . |