Example sentences of "[noun sg] gave us [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An American soldier gave us each a balloon and told us that the winner would be the one who could soonest burst the balloon by blowing it up beyond its stretching point . |
| 2 | At the end of the EFL training course I did in London , a British Council type gave us all a pep talk before we were packed off to Ankara or Kuala Lumpur . |
| 3 | Elizabeth was brave and helped us ; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother 's death . |
| 4 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
| 5 | The boy 's foster mother refused to be interviewed , but his real mother gave us this reaction . |