Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] give [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex , who had given me the cigarettes , was Scottish and had been at Lille for three days ; he had deserted from the Military Police in Germany , and thought that French food was nowhere as good as Glaswegian . |
| 2 | She glanced across to Raynor again , and saw him bow his head in brief acknowledgement , and she smiled inwardly , for it was Raynor who had given her the clue , the idea , the knowledge of how to approach his people . |
| 3 | Jenny was the girl she lived with , and the one who had given her the impetus to finally escape the suffocating love of her father and uncle in Hong Kong . |
| 4 | They were married in February 1949 and Daphne Rye , who had given them the reception , encouraged Sybil to move into Pelham Crescent . |
| 5 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 6 | The fan who had given him the pen had had L. M. inscribed on it . |