Example sentences of "gave him [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
2 | I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance . |
3 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
4 | At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used . |
5 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
6 | As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance . |
7 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
8 | At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown . |
9 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
10 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
11 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
12 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |