Example sentences of "had given him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every kind of reason for it went through her mind : the doctor had given him six months to live , his family was moving away from the area , he had been transferred to another school . |
| 2 | He tried to hide the crease of worry on his features , but when she asked him whether the debtors had given him extra time he frowned and shook his head . |
| 3 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 4 | Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long . |
| 5 | General Orsborn recognised both him and the young Australian who had given him such a memorable welcome to her homeland . |
| 6 | His mother had given him contrary messages . |
| 7 | ‘ We , the second generation of Pininfarina , had given him great joy and pride . |
| 8 | In a lengthy letter he gave thanks to the Duke of Bedford and to the House of Russell and to the Earl of Upper Ossory , who had given him great support throughout his period of office . |
| 9 | Spending his five shillings had given him great satisfaction , particularly as none of it had been wasted . |
| 10 | Brahms took about fifteen years to complete his First Symphony , and when it was first performed in 1876 , he was 43 — an extraordinary late symphonic debut for a composer who had been publicly proclaimed as a genius by Schumann when he was 18 , and who had gone on to justify public expectations with such works as the ‘ German Requiem ’ , which had given him financial security for life . |
| 11 | Keith also revealed that his estranged wife , TV presenter Maggie Philbin , had given him brilliant support throughout his personal crisis . |
| 12 | Walter Smith told his players before they left the dressing room at Celtic Park that he appreciated they had given him all they could since the start of that run in August . |
| 13 | They had been the more surprised when , at the age of 32 , she had married Sir Henry Berowne , apparently for less obvious qualities , and had given him two sons . |
| 14 | His headmaster , ( Sir ) Cyril Norwood [ q.v. ] , had given him two pieces of advice : to answer all letters by return of post , and never to be afraid of unpopularity . |
| 15 | Over the last months Mr Mafouz had given him two free tickets to Paris , a pineapple , six copies of the Illustrated Tourist Guide to London and a pair of bright green trousers . |
| 16 | They had given him one written statement . |
| 17 | Being one of the few local boys who had gone to grammar school had given him that extra confidence early in life . |
| 18 | His cheeks were sunken and the onset of years had given him heavy jowls . |
| 19 | Col James Bradshaw said Alan Jackson , who mysteriously vanished from his shop in Barnard Castle town centre , had given him three cheques but all had bounced . |
| 20 | He believed if only his parents had given him more confidence and the right backing , he would have made a very good male model . |
| 21 | The Colonel , the Honourable , the Member of Parliament had given him more access to what nearly approached aristocratic companionship than he had ever enjoyed . |
| 22 | Still , Dottie Banks had given him more than most of the others . |
| 23 | He also denied that his wife had given him any details of who she was supposed to be meeting at TVL at the time of the party . |
| 24 | None of the changes had given him any added zest for life — or , for that matter , any desire to look for trouble where no trouble was self-evidently present . |
| 25 | Hayman had given him 48 hours . |
| 26 | Jean-Paul flicked the pages ; he could n't see why Edouard had given him this . |
| 27 | If a magistrate or other influential figure in a town was the owner of a building in which an excise office was then located , he too was vulnerable to pressure should he waver in his loyalty to the political interest which had given him this tenant . |
| 28 | The articles opened with the comprehensively damning statement that the king ‘ is not sufficient to govern ’ because throughout his reign he had been led and governed by others who had given him evil counsel , to the dishonour of himself and the destruction of Holy Church and his people , and he had refused to provide any remedy , or to allow one to be made , when he was asked to do so by the great and wise men of his realm . |
| 29 | He had a good later reputation , and according to Osbern was very acceptable to Cnut because he had given him holy chrism . |
| 30 | He had despised her thoroughly ever since she had given him some dire warnings about the state of his aura , and he felt she would be perfect for this review . |