Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave them false names , they checked my fingerprints and found out who I was . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | You can just till I gave her special |
| 4 | I apoligise for putting a long list of questions to the Minister , but I gave him advance notice and I hope that he will answer most of them . |
| 5 | He did this with very little effort , and I gave him small wooden cubes so that he could make a cube to keep . |
| 6 | ‘ I gave him financial reasons . |
| 7 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 8 | So I gave him slack line and waited again . |
| 9 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 10 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 11 | After all , you gave me endless opportunities . ’ |
| 12 | Well it was good feedback , I mean you told me what was good about it , what was bad about it , and , and you gave me constructive criticism as to how it could be better as well . |
| 13 | and she gave her iced buns . |
| 14 | She told some of the other mothers he 'd died , but she was n't a good liar , and she gave them different reasons for his death . |
| 15 | She contrived to sit near to him and she gave him nice things to eat . |
| 16 | She gave him soft , warm , innocent lips , unmoving beneath his . |
| 17 | Oh , before that she gave him strict injunctions to be sure to kill Horrible or he would destroy them all , which was duly done . |
| 18 | She gave us unfailing devotion and became an essential part of our family . |
| 19 | His jacket was flame-proofed and we gave him protective padding at the back , just in case . ’ |
| 20 | When we fed them before the winter we gave them proper er fertilizer for things that need acid soil . |
| 21 | Now the couple had expected it was dead and we gave them false hope . |
| 22 | We gave them full marks for originality . |
| 23 | The thought of the Marlborough boys ‘ discovering ’ him gave him obvious pleasure ; and whether or not he believed that the curriculum should include modern literature ( as Auden was later to say that it should not ) , he certainly believed , with his own youthful experience in mind , that the young should be enabled to explore new fields in the arts for themselves . |
| 24 | They gave him fortified water to drink . |
| 25 | He spent the night at their hut , they gave him soft water to wash in , bread and salt and a clean , sweet bed . |
| 26 | So they gave me minute instructions ( enclosed , along with the much-travelled draft , in the foreign-desk-clerk 's handwriting ) about what you should say to them if you can be persuaded to try them again . |
| 27 | They gave it double smiles and blank silence |
| 28 | They gave you half-a-crown each for your lunch every day , four old pence for coffee and four old pence for tea in the afternoon . |
| 29 | Meantime Berndt gushed with the oil of social graces , pouring her a glass of wine she had no intention of drinking , ( she remembered the Tjerssens as Friend had shown her them , smiling as they gave you ruby venom ) , pouting when she refused his macaroons . |
| 30 | yeah , they gave you high , what they called a high tea |