Example sentences of "he gives [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , her husband may chatter but I doubt if he gives her a blow by blow account of English activities in France . |
| 2 | Well , you know , practically , the governor or the head you see , he knows what he 's got ta work , but erm , I , I know because the lads do n't , but he generally tells them well I wan na work so and so and he gives me a bit of paper with the horses names on wants galloping . |
| 3 | And he gives me a look of a kind that I do n't altogether like . |
| 4 | What I was going to do was erm just get a good quality joiner have he gives me a price for doing that and then I basically sell the advertising . |
| 5 | Here are some examples : ( 202 ) He gives me a stroke on the head with his cane ; bids me carry that to my master . |
| 6 | He gives me a lift to work . |
| 7 | He gives me the address of a boarding house he could stay at in Earls Court . |
| 8 | I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I want the Eubank return and Iran Barkley as well because he gives me the fear I thrive on , ’ said Benn . |
| 10 | So he gives him a pint of water , he goes and sits with the other ones . |
| 11 | He gives him a petrol account and then he sa he 's started in the building . |
| 12 | And he gives him the option , he offers to him the the right to redeem . |
| 13 | I 'm sure he gives them a lot of his time but if you practise and play that much … hell , you have got to do so many other things as well . ’ |
| 14 | Er he gives them a lot of moral support and in their blast off parties when they 're ready to go out and conduct the missile competition , er he really stirs the pot and gets the guys moving . |
| 15 | You start to move and he comes he gives you a horn warning swerves around and carries on up the road . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean he gives you a look sometimes and you start laughin' ! ’ |
| 17 | It would be a bit like choosing to go and spend all Sunday afternoon discussing skin diseases with your 75-year-old deaf aunty in Coatbridge , instead of taking up your boyfriend 's offer of a day in bed at an expensive country house hotel , drinking champagne while he gives you a bit of a seeing to . |
| 18 | he gives you a kiss which is more than neighbourly |
| 19 | Yeah , and if goes in for a pint he gives you a packet now . |
| 20 | He gives you an ice cream and you give him a kiss " , that sort of thing . |
| 21 | He gives it no emphasis , does n't try to persuade . |
| 22 | It was a a well pitched up ball , I like , I like love Tufnell when he gives it a bit of a , on the off stump . |
| 23 | He gives us no sign that he believes God will provide a substitute at the last moment , no sign of a conviction that all will be well in the end . |
| 24 | He gives us a cornucopia of masterful species portraits and by far the best general reference on natural history . |
| 25 | He gives us a picture of a firm conversion to theism in the summer of 1929 , followed by a period in which he believed in God , but not in the doctrines of Christianity . |
| 26 | ‘ But its situation , ’ continues Johnson , ‘ seems well chosen for pleasure , if not for strength ’ ; and then in half a sentence he gives us a glimpse of local life and activity : ‘ It stands at the head of the lake and , by a sloop of sixty tuns , is supplied from Inverness with great convenience ’ — which description immediately conjures the vessel plying up and down Loch Ness with provisions , armaments , soldiers ' wives . |
| 27 | Well let's see what God himself has to say cos he gives us a definition of blessing . |
| 28 | He gives us a murderer whose ‘ words pattered out like smooth large grains ’ — clear and distinguishable , and yet somehow there is nothing to get a purchase on . |
| 29 | And here we learn something new , for though the sculptor has chosen to leave the left hand exposed he gives us an indication as to how shrouds were placed once the body had been encoffined : the right sleeve has been pulled down over its hands and gently tucked under the fingers . |
| 30 | He gives us the voice , so we can examine it ourselves and ask our own questions about it , even though he does not cite directly anything the Oxford voice says . |