Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] give [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to give you the cello . |
| 2 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 3 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 4 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 5 | I said give us the keys and said I 'll take the bloody car . |
| 6 | I had to give them the keys . |
| 7 | I had given them the idea that maybe they would become torturers . ’ |
| 8 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 9 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 10 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 11 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
| 12 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 13 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |
| 14 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 15 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 16 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 17 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 18 | And she went away and produced that document after we 'd given her the brief . |
| 19 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
| 20 | We 'd given you the activities to do there so you could find the output of them . |
| 21 | We had given them the prospect of an out in the five years and they did very well out of their investment . ’ |
| 22 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 23 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 24 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 25 | And if they did give you the sack you would be walked away to the army I expect . |
| 26 | She should stop him , should grab that exploring finger , but something within her refused to give him the satisfaction . |
| 27 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 28 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 29 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 30 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |