Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My brew for this breeding attempt was to be tap water , rain water and tap water filtered through peat in equal measures , which gave me readings of 6pH and 2DH |
| 2 | Oh , they were very kind , they bought me all the right things , nice toys , I agree , but always there was this feeling , well , obligation , they gave me things but something was always expected in return . |
| 3 | The only difficulties I had was in the last 24 hours when the steering gave me problems . ’ |
| 4 | She made me coffee , gave me hugs , and at one point I fell asleep , and was at peace for a while , and woke up sprawled on the floor , my head on her lap , one gentle hand stroking my head . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course it gave me insights . |
| 6 | At I prepared to return to Britain , several of my relatives gave me copies of their identity cards , the deed for their houses and even the ownership documents for their property . |
| 7 | She gave me sandwiches and coffee while I told her of Mrs Zamzam 's flight from the village in 1948 . |
| 8 | ‘ They gave me sandwiches for the journey , but I left them on my bunk . ’ |
| 9 | A recent visit to Bangladesh and India gave me photos which have educated others about cultures they are not fortunate enough to have experienced . |
| 10 | I remember little about him except that he had a black beard flecked with grey , and gave me oranges . |
| 11 | Certain movements such as boys kicking a football gave me ideas tor the choreography . ’ |
| 12 | He looked at it and said , ‘ It 's just an infected mosquito bite , ’ and gave me antibiotics . |
| 13 | It was something that gave me a framework for my experience , and in some ways kind of saved my life really because it gave me words to see that I was n't isolated , that there was a movement — it was very real and it was very gut . |
| 14 | It gave me hiccups . ’ |
| 15 | The church warden gave me sizes but did not ask for reproduction pieces and anyway , he only had a poor and partial photograph . |
| 16 | The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination . |
| 17 | He gave them instructions : they were to break fast , saddle the swiftest horses from the stables and leave with him . |
| 18 | Now I 'd hate to think that anybody got the impression that we actually gave them instructions . |
| 19 | The staff gave them concerts . |
| 20 | Lord Henry took ideas and played with them ; he gave them wings , and they flew like brightly coloured birds around the room . |
| 21 | They gave them charters , sometimes supplied building materials , offered low rents and other inducements , but they were content to let the town grow — if it was to grow — as it liked within the prescribed area . |
| 22 | The mass gathering at Castlemorton gave them problems they had never had to handle before . |
| 23 | And I gave them loads of money , |
| 24 | If Nigel was there she gave them blankets and told them to use the sofa . |
| 25 | They repeatedly demanded that their mothers played with them , gave them things , and helped them but their mothers rarely complied . |
| 26 | Birchfield jump coach Kevin Reeves insisted that blacks possessed ‘ a muscular structure ’ which gave them advantages in power events , where short , explosive bursts of uncontrolled energy were needed . |
| 27 | A Captain Beechey , sent by the newly established Marine Department of the Board of Trade to discuss their grievances and explain the Act had some difficulty in convincing his audience that Shipping Officers were intended to be the seamen 's friends , and that the Register Ticket , far from being a " badge of slavery " , gave them advantages . |
| 28 | You never gave them keys to Madge . |
| 29 | Following Alfa 's declining interest in Grand Prix racing Nuvolari moved to Auto Union during the 1938 season and gave them victories in the Italian and British Grands Prix . |
| 30 | David closed the door , and gave them seats . |