Example sentences of "gave it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding her own pocket handkerchief , she gave it into the old lady 's other hand . |
| 2 | There was always a modest manor at Sutton , held at the time of the Domesday survey by Henry de Ferrers , then by the Boschervilles , who gave it to the Priory of Trentham . |
| 3 | He took off his glove , signed it and gave it to the boy . |
| 4 | In that state he gave it to the boy who set off on his half-mile walk . |
| 5 | In one statute ‘ confidential information ’ means information disclosure of which is forbidden by statute or by the civil servant who gave it to the local authority . |
| 6 | Instead of entrusting the jurisdiction to the usual magistrates , the praetors , Augustus gave it to the consuls . |
| 7 | But when Lucius Titius survived his will he sold his office , exacted a price , and gave it to the person to whom in his will he wished the office or its price to be given . |
| 8 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 9 | Originally stolen by a wizard from a DRAGON 's cave , the Emperor Charlemagne gave it to the four sons of Aymon . |
| 10 | Tiare 's mother gave it to the mission . ‘ |
| 11 | Its whereabouts remained unknown until it was consigned at auction by a private collector in Spring 1990 , and bought by collectors who gave it to the Metropolitan . |
| 12 | Its vast size probably explains why it did not sell and , as it cluttered up his hallway for some time afterwards , Minton later gave it to the Royal College student and animal illustrator John Norris Wood . |
| 13 | Mr. Occhi got into the taxi , took £1 out of his wallet and gave it to the appellant who then , the wallet being still open , took a further £6 out of it . |
| 14 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 15 | She gave it to the person who contacted you . |
| 16 | He took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driver . |
| 17 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 18 | Of his death , the only reference found is the entry in Maskelyne 's account book for 13 March 1784 : ‘ Recd of Mrs Grace Sisson , thro ’ the hands of Mr Henry Robin Auctioneer my dividend for £88.14.11 due to me from the Estate of the late Jerh Sisson — £15.0.0 — and gave it to the Widow . ’ |
| 19 | The road was owned by Mr Dalison who gave it to the parish , in 1892 and it was made up at the cost of £40 and the improvements to the cemetery cost a further £21 140 . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps that 's because it was a private home until its owner gave it to the National Trust . |
| 21 | He plucked an apple from his pocket , God knows where he got it from , and gave it to the horse who munched it greedily . |
| 22 | ‘ Wilson gave it to the girl . |
| 23 | He gave it to the driver of the taxi he found outside , who whisked him back up the hill again , back through time to a medieval alley smelling of woodsmoke and urine . |
| 24 | Then one day a visitor called and gave me his card , so I just took it and gave it to the master in the drawing room . |
| 25 | and we gave it to the erm school at over Downing Drive |
| 26 | Gave it to the girl and she went oh erm what 's the credit limit on this ? |
| 27 | Well , he gave it to the dirty little bugger . |
| 28 | It 's just like , no two girls got expelled from my last school for drugs but I think they actually one of them gave it to the other one but they were both expelled . |
| 29 | " He gave it on the condition that we cared for it and , although my husband already liked gardening , that was what started my interest " . |
| 30 | I just wonder why you gave it in the first place . ’ |