Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] give [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 2 | ‘ I forgot to give you this back . ’ |
| 3 | " I forbore to give you all the details of your great-aunt 's will the other day , Sara , " Mr. Crowther droned on . |
| 4 | When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five . |
| 5 | A year later and once more Mistral -driven , I decided to give it another try . |
| 6 | I 'm afraid I persuaded the woman I spoke to give me this address . |
| 7 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 8 | Like I had to give her some top priorities yesterday as she was n't going to be about . |
| 9 | But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
| 11 | If a magistrate or other influential figure in a town was the owner of a building in which an excise office was then located , he too was vulnerable to pressure should he waver in his loyalty to the political interest which had given him this tenant . |
| 12 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 13 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 14 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 15 | ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’ |
| 16 | Mike Barson , the man who 'd given them most of their best tunes , quit the group , spent . |
| 17 | I know that three days before they were killed , twenty-five people were invited to that house for the mass whipping of a dealer from Sunset Strip who 'd given them some bad dope . |
| 18 | That intolerable woman , she thought bitterly , had managed to become president of the Tollemarche Downtown Community Centre by a majority of a single vote , and Mrs Frizzell had had to be content with the vice-presidency , which office she declared gave her all the work and none of the authority . |
| 19 | She decided to give him another chance , this time on her own terms . |
| 20 | ‘ You offered to give her some help with her career , too . |
| 21 | But if you were playing with a drummer who liked to give it some wallop , you 'd soon be lost in terms of volume , and that would piss you off a bit . |
| 22 | He had despised her thoroughly ever since she had given him some dire warnings about the state of his aura , and he felt she would be perfect for this review . |
| 23 | She had given him some newspaper torn into squares and a glass of dark-brown liquid that tasted like spanish water . |
| 24 | She had given him some gift , something which he cherished very dearly . |
| 25 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
| 26 | She had given me this book , Period , and she says that how you feel about your first period affects you all your life , it affects your self-image , so it 's very important . |
| 27 | Pigeons , butterfly , bantams , Maman , Aunt Tossie — she had given her all to each , only Dada was left . |
| 28 | ‘ Love , ’ she said , promptly , for she had given it some thought . |
| 29 | As we approached the loch , in order to impress Blair with my vast knowledge , I repeated Stan 's tale about Pennel Point , being careful not to mention who had given me such valuable information . |
| 30 | On the day the telegram arrived from Southern Ferries , a close friend who had given me much encouragement now began to question my continuing any further . |