Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] gave to " in BNC.

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1 That was the design I finally gave to Shawcraft as a construction drawing which ended up as the Dalek .
2 Subsection ( 2 ) is clearly an exception to the nemo dat principle , since the buyers were able to confer upon the sub-purchaser a title better than that which the buyers had themselves , namely , a title free from the sellers ’ lien and which therefore gave to the sub-purchaser the right to immediate possession .
3 This was a man who perhaps gave to all tube buskers indiscriminately , without even looking at them , for he tossed a 5P piece on to the ground as he strode past .
4 She is sorely missed for the loyal support she always gave to Classes and Events and the Kent Team is not quite the same without her … but our loss is the West Country 's gain and we hope to meet up with Janet at the Easter Course in Bath .
5 She may also be helped to understand that if she is willing to try to spread the love she once gave to one person around to others who may be badly in need of it , she will move into an entirely different dimension emotionally : one that will provide her with new satisfactions and in which she will discover that the lovers of this world are not only those who enjoy a close and exclusive relationship .
6 I find that the refusal she then gave to the administration of blood was a refusal which took no account of the likely change in her circumstances .
7 That was before my time , of course , but he obviously passed on some of his skills because during , or just after , very wet weather , Sam would go off somewhere and catch lovely brown trout , which he often gave to people who were ill ; and sometimes when he had a sheep to kill , he would send down the head which would make a really tasty and nourishing broth .
8 He brought to his teaching humour and energy ; instead of the sparingly composed still life , he heaped up with exotic abundance the fruit and vegetables which he afterwards gave to the students to take home .
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