Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the key " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 2 | I handed him the key at the door , the same key . |
| 3 | As he handed her the key , he added , ‘ Apparently she wants you to take the personal things from her lodgings . ’ |
| 4 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 5 | He gave me the key . ’ |
| 6 | Derek , laughing heartily , gave me the key and I let myself in to meet my birthday present . |
| 7 | This gave them the key to predicting both the location and approximate intensity of the earthquakes , with a delay of between 7 and 11 hours from the prediction to the event . |
| 8 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 9 | Gave her the key , got a receipt , told her my friend was travelling incognito . |
| 10 | As the man at reception gave her the key to her room with a knowing look , Kelly reflected that she had n't felt so guilty since her teenage party days . |
| 11 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 12 | I gave him the key . |
| 13 | I gave him the key . |
| 14 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 15 | As one unionist remarked , ‘ they gave us the key , but forbade us to open the door . ’ |