Example sentences of "and gave [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 It was the smell that alerted her and gave her that first sudden awareness of danger .
2 He tore a roll open , stuffed it with cut ham and gave her that .
3 ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze .
4 But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it .
5 Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses .
6 Adam stood up and gave her another hug .
7 It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area .
8 He agreed , and gave her some ointment .
9 It worked well , and gave me much more contact with my audience .
10 She turned to face me and gave me that vivid smile that transformed her already delightful face .
11 She just went and gave me that .
12 I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . "
13 ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself .
14 Well , we were helped initially by a professional fund raiser who was concerned of our lack of money and our lack of funding by er the arts bodies , and gave me this er contact really in the form of Michael Meyer to er arrange and er bring about these three artists .
15 But though he had taken all my poetic power , and gave me some of his in return , he still remained himself , his own man , his own poet .
16 Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise .
17 Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well .
18 Neil invited me into his office — the only room in the building with even the vaguest resemblance to modern architectural demands — and gave me some cheap wine and a Benson & Hedges .
19 Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school .
20 When I was in police custody the doctor came in to see me and gave me some tablets and I 'm asking you for some now . ’
21 The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out .
22 He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted .
23 Mrs ze Schluderpacheru had taken pity on him , and gave him some sweeping-up chores in return for room and board and the occasional session with Fat Juanita .
24 Felix 's wife began to recite her poetry , and wondered about his air fare , and gave him some coffee .
25 He thanked the singer and gave him another sop , which he could ill afford .
26 A jolly young waiter with a Gloucestershire accent and the stars and stripes emblazoned on his apron lit the candle lamp on their table and gave them each a menu .
27 And when they were espoused the King did them great honour , and gave them many noble gifts , and added to Rodrigo 's lands more than he had till then possessed : and he loved him greatly in his heart , because he saw that he was obedient to his commands , and for all that he had heard him say .
28 So Father Kleinsorge got a large piece of grass and drew out the stem so as to make a straw , and gave them all water to drink that way .
29 I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed .
30 They recorded the usual four songs and gave them both English and Ukrainian names .
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