Example sentences of "[coord] gave him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 2 | He held up his cup , clinked it on Cameron 's , and gave him a deliberate nod . |
| 3 | Minos 's daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and gave him a ball of string to unwind on his way to the creature 's lair at the centre of the maze . |
| 4 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 5 | I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute . |
| 6 | His passionate onslaught at the 1985 party conference against the Militants of Merseyside ( whom he accused of hiring taxis to hand out redundancy notices to their workers ) appealed to the unions and gave him new public stature . |
| 7 | He introduces Charlie to ‘ Mortimer Collins 's ‘ Transmigration ’ , and gave him a sketch of the plot before he opened the pages . ’ |
| 8 | So they took off after him , caught him and gave him a hiding . |
| 9 | Finally , on the sixth lap , Mass got around Brundle at the end of the long pits straight , and gave him an old-fashioned chop as he turned into Moises Solona Corner . |
| 10 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 11 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 12 | It made him re-evaluate his philosophy , his life , and gave him a whole new perspective . |
| 13 | ‘ You know the story about Gerhard , looking as he usually does , standing on the steps of Horseguards after a Cabinet Committee , when a kindly person sidled up to him and gave him a quid to buy himself breakfast ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You now , of course , come into possession of a substantial sum , following Miss Morgan 's death , ’ McLeish observed , sounding as accusing as he could , and she stopped chewing and gave him her full attention . |
| 15 | I said I was sure you would , and gave him your address … |
| 16 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
| 17 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 18 | She poured two glasses and gave him one . |
| 19 | The first jog round the block got his heart racing and gave him an appetite . |
| 20 | Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow . |
| 21 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 22 | They took him to their rooms and gave him a glass of vodka or slivović and teased him . |
| 23 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |
| 24 | He was buried the following day under the name of Wolfgang Gerhard , an Austrian Nazi who befriended him in Brazil and gave him his identity papers before returning to Vienna . |
| 25 | Mr Fractor shouted at him each lesson and gave him two lengths of the corridor nearly every week . |
| 26 | There was little delegation of authority , but Di Tella 's personal participation enhanced his authority and gave him considerable control . |
| 27 | She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted . |
| 28 | When he finished , he kicked at the door , I opened it and gave him something to eat . |
| 29 | She was a devout Anabaptist and befriended James Burton , who was involved in the Rye House Plot , and gave him sanctuary , but she was betrayed and taken to London , where she was tried and became the last woman to be burnt at the stake at Tyburn on 16th October , 1685 . |
| 30 | But when this stranger knocked , in a howling gale , with his wet hat and cloak pouring rainwater and his smiling mouth , my brother invited him in eagerly , and gave him meat and wine , and a bed for the night , and sang with him , and played cards , and sat by the fire , talking of the wide world and its adventures . |