Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] us the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 2 | Actually erm although councillor is quite correct that we 're providing a service , erm in some ways it would be nice if the government did give us the freedom to operate our business as we choose to do so . |
| 3 | He had given us the computer codes to chalk on the outside of the boxes , but you would n't have caught him packing files into the boxes or wrapping them up with pink tape afterwards . |
| 4 | We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour . |
| 5 | We did have them , for County Hall had sent us the list of these hospitals and their separate functions . |