Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite all this he gave me one term to show some improvement , I never really shed the " below average " tag at the Halton style of academy . |
| 2 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |
| 3 | she gave me ten pound in an envelope and she said this , this is for your trouble . |
| 4 | Now , when one of us is describing a restaurant , there is intensive cross-questioning about the quality of the puddings and petits fours , and commiseration if they do not sound up to scratch : ‘ Do you mean they only gave you one chocolate truffle each ! ’ |
| 5 | So if I gave you one pound fifty |
| 6 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 7 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 8 | He just gave her one look . |
| 9 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 10 | When they arrived at Beaconville , where three elderly people lived together , Mrs Abigail gave her one dinner to carry but she dropped it while trying to open the hall-door . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 12 | " Oh , I gave him one back . " |
| 13 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 14 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 15 | She gave him two goodwill letters addressed to legendary West Indian cricketers Mr Wes Hall and Sir Garfield Sobers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When he left , she gave him two chimney pots , which had previously been on her house . |
| 18 | Aye , I gave him twenty pound for that |
| 19 | The Times [ London ] gave it fourteen column inches ; Guardian [ London ] , eight inches ; The Irish Times [ Dublin ] , twenty-four inches ; Sunday News [ Belfast ] , forty-four inches ; and Belfast Telegraph , nil . |
| 20 | Just time to have a little chat about greyhounds with our greyhound man , Mick Weeble ; I think you gave us one winner last week did n't you Mick ? |
| 21 | ‘ The Witch gave us one promise . |