Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave them all I had , too , which amounted to 51. 2s. 4d . |
| 2 | That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg |
| 3 | Erm sorry I gave them all away I 'm afraid mhm yeah so er I 'm tempted to start rolling again in a moment so would you like to make an announcement yeah ? |
| 4 | I gave them false names , they checked my fingerprints and found out who I was . |
| 5 | I gave them some er jackets and trousers that I got in stock down there that 's that 's that 's it then yeah . |
| 6 | Anyhow I gave them some antibiotic powder to put in its drinking water just in case it had a mild infection and they went away happy and said they would tell their friends . ’ |
| 7 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 8 | I gave her all she wanted to know . |
| 9 | And I gave her all my power . |
| 10 | So she said to help Mary out she said I gave her all the sweets and chocolate I had she said so the kids could have something to go over with . |
| 11 | I gave her all the papers , and erm , she said well , and that meanwhile had , spoken to me on the phone , and said she would do what she could . |
| 12 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 13 | " But it 's a good thing I gave her that extra lavage yesterday . " |
| 14 | ‘ You know , I gave her that room to herself when she came to us , because I thought it would be better , and she treated me like a servant — well , you saw , did n't you ? — and when she 'd got all the fun and sense of power out of that little game she started coming down with us . |
| 15 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 16 | I did all the usual stuff — I gave her some money and stuck her on a tube train to a night shelter , but while I was walking out of the tube station , I thought to myself , ‘ you complacent bitch ’ ’ you know . |
| 17 | Next I gave her some lavender essence to put in the bath ( a tin bath in front of the kitchen range ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I gave her some poached chicken breast at lunchtime and she even managed a couple of scones for tea . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Apparently , her cat had very bad plaque on its teeth and she was really concerned , so I gave her some advice and Amy has been in touch ever since . |
| 20 | I had found out that her name was Miss Vulcan and I gave her this information as well as telling her that Miss Vulcan had a brother named Freddie who visited her and that he was a little old man who wore a black cap on his head and sported a goatee beard . |
| 21 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 22 | Bruce : I gave her half of this and half of this . |
| 23 | I gave her half a dollar this time . |
| 24 | I gave her another bottle of Arg Nit LM1 with less alcohol in it and she had an excellent response for 10 days , then the pains returned so she stopped the remedy and she was well for two weeks . |
| 25 | ‘ I gave her another of my crushing cuddles . |
| 26 | You can just till I gave her special |
| 27 | I gave him that shilling . |
| 28 | And he had half of I gave him that banana desert . |
| 29 | I gave him two or three minutes to disappear , then drifted away as the last hearse disappeared . |
| 30 | Well I gave him two when he stayed here to stay er to hang er on his door and he |