Example sentences of "he gave [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom .
2 He gave her some money and they said goodbye .
3 He gave her another letter .
4 Anyway , there is no hint that he gave her any encouragement at all .
5 He gave me that nickname because I 'm small with curly hair like a candyfloss stick , and it 's kind of cute .
6 He gave me that book . ’
7 He gave me that book only this morning — Jane 's Fighting Ships .
8 and he gave me that information repeatedly and he 's terribly involved .
9 And he gave me that information that there were eighteen crews .
10 He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction .
11 I looked at Jean-Claude as he gave me these instructions and I saw a side of him I did not recognize .
12 He gave me some answers to give you about your questions yesterday evening . ’
13 ‘ Oh yes , I suppose so ’ , he said , and he gave me some tablets .
14 Aye , he gave me , he gave me some tablets I do n't know whether
15 erm no what happened was that he gave me some bones that were far too big for the dogs .
16 I said it was about the photographs , but even before I 'd finished talking , he gave me this message from Marius to … you know … to get lost . ’
17 I remembered that German lad at er sat at side and I gave of one my gun buttons and he gave me this postcard .
18 I asked him what his name was and he said , ‘ Tommy Jones ’ or something , and I said , ‘ Who lives next door ? ’ and he gave me another name , and I said , ‘ Oh , no she does n't .
19 Especially as I went in and he gave me those brochures .
20 Suffering badly — as usual — from boils ( he gave them all nicknames ) — ‘ it 's the badness coming out , ’ they would say — disenfranchised in the great educational paperchase , neither a macho miner nor a successful exception , he was a nobody in the middle of nowhere with no prospects .
21 Then he gave them another wave .
22 He gave them several assurances , with which , apparently , they were satisfied , but the right hon. Gentleman will not give details of the assurances .
23 He gave them some thought , then extracted two and stowed them in his hip pocket .
24 He gave them this morning .
25 He gave us some money .
26 He gave it another shaking .
27 He gave it another try .
28 He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more .
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