Example sentences of "[pron] gave [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it opens the door , it opens the door , that 's why both my younger girls , I mean Diane 's a different policy any way cos she wants to be a , but with the other two , who worked interest in computers and when they left college I gave them crash course in , in typing not in shorthand because they do n't they do n't need shorthand nowadays , |
| 2 | I gave them money , full of pride that I was richer than at least one English person , even if he was a beggar . |
| 3 | They flutter round and eh , oh it 's lovely , , because I have , yes they 've eaten all the rice , I gave them rice , and eh , they 're very sweet , then they come and eat , then they have a bath and then |
| 4 | I gave him digitalis . |
| 5 | ‘ I gave him water to drink , my child , from Undry . |
| 6 | But he never said word but that he was ill , as plainly he was , and I gave him medicine . |
| 7 | Bruno , while coy about the details of the offer , said : ‘ Rock gave me his telephone number and I gave him mine . |
| 8 | ‘ I gave him hell , ’ says the 34-year-old supermarket supervisor . |
| 9 | I gave him hell tonight . |
| 10 | I gave you clothing , my shoes , fingerprints , blood , anything else you asked for . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I gave you warning . ’ |
| 12 | I gave you gingerbread big man . |
| 13 | If I gave you sort of X to the seventeen or something , well you could put two values in . |
| 14 | erm it may very well be that certain family situations , such as the example I gave you example earlier — somebody may have given up work to look after a dependent . |
| 15 | ‘ It was only a postcard photo and I gave it spirituality , animation and took it to another vocabulary ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I took a bowl of water and I gave it hirin , as if it was my father , or my brother , ’ said Kalchu . |
| 17 | In many cases they are now wider in scope than the function which gave them birth ; in others they are at least on a par with the sales function . |
| 18 | Their legitimate trade may have exceeded their opium trade , but it was their hard-currency resources from opium sales which gave them primacy among the foreign merchants in Canton . |
| 19 | It was that which gave him locus standi . |
| 20 | Let him thus lose his eyes which gave him sight of the maiden 's beauty for which he coveted her . |
| 21 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 22 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 23 | Vlastimir enlarged his domain by marrying the daughter of the neighbouring župan of Travunija , which gave him access to the Adriatic coast in the Kotor region . |
| 24 | It was almost an hour 's drive , which gave him time to elaborate his philosophy . |
| 25 | The Home Secretary was acting under clause 13(4) of the Licence and Agreement between him and the BBC and section 29(3) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 both of which gave him power to give the broadcasting authorities notice in writing requiring them to refrain from broadcasting any specified matter or classes of matter . |
| 26 | While he was at college , he got a Saturday job with Austin Reed , the men 's outfitters , ‘ which gave me experience of a real shop-floor environment — right at the front line of customer service . |
| 27 | So they asked me to go away and come back again in a week which gave me breathing space and time at least to learn it properly . |
| 28 | Reading Unamuno , I found this passage which gave me comfort among all the mockery : ‘ The greatest height of heroism to which an individual , like a people , can attain is to know how to face ridicule . ’ |
| 29 | I switched on my computer , which gave me access to the prices of all the stocks listed , to price movements of the market as a whole and of individual sectors — a splendid toy , and an essential one . |
| 30 | After playing this there was what amounted to a short interval , which gave me time to talk to one or two people . |