Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave me two options , basically one was to take the system down for twenty four hours and er while they got , they caught up with the jobs which I , I , I 've knocked on the head . |
| 2 | and we will give you a er , two addresses , and so they gave me two addresses and and to reach people at I 've done the job quite well . |
| 3 | They gave me two days to decide — two days of hell . ’ |
| 4 | We gave them two addresses to which they could write in case we did not return and told them where our more precious belongings were . |
| 5 | ‘ Marseille lead the group and remain the favourites to go through , but we gave them two goals of a start at Ibrox and still drew with the French on a night when injury prevented us from having Ally McCoist . ’ |
| 6 | I gave you two pounds yesterday . ’ |
| 7 | So , I gave you two examples and I said that it was often |
| 8 | Mr Fractor shouted at him each lesson and gave him two lengths of the corridor nearly every week . |
| 9 | He had to rely on a kind-hearted local butcher who gave him two chickens a week to build up his strength . |
| 10 | Lyn gave him two pounds . |
| 11 | She gave him two goodwill letters addressed to legendary West Indian cricketers Mr Wes Hall and Sir Garfield Sobers . |
| 12 | However , he seems to have overlooked the fact that Ferrari gave him two race wins last year and that the Scuderia 's tally of six victories this year is four more than Williams was able to score . |
| 13 | I pulled up underneath the e/a and gave him two bursts … the e/a was last seen at sea level eight miles away heading towards Sicily with some speed but apparently little concern . ’ |
| 14 | BOBBY GOULDING is no saint — but I 'm glad the disciplinary committee only gave him two matches last night after his trial by TV . |
| 15 | When Geoffrey son of Sarah of Empingham resisted this illegal demand , the forester raised the hue and cry upon him , and distrained him until he gave him two shillings and found sureties for appearing at the attachment court . |
| 16 | That gave him two options . |
| 17 | The doctors gave him two years to live . |
| 18 | When he left , she gave him two chimney pots , which had previously been on her house . |
| 19 | The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case . |
| 20 | Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps . |
| 21 | Eventually , though , they got their man , and the wait was worth it because the greatest vocal stylist in rock gave us two hours of inspired Gaelic mumbo-jumbo that was tough , joyful , sometimes sad , but ultimately fluid , festive and free , a celebration , a party for 1,800 delighted fans . |
| 22 | This gave us two kinds of ‘ correct ’ lattice : ( i ) a single path lattice containing only the words intended by the speaker and ( ii ) a lattice containing all the homophones and homophonic phrases that were valid under the fine-class description . |