Example sentences of "[noun] gave [pers pn] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swan gave him no such greeting . |
| 2 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 3 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 4 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |
| 5 | Ten days on the ocean gave him a few chances to visit the cabins of single women , but until they arrived in New York , there were no places to escape once the liaison ended , however passionately , half-heartedly , or ephemerally it had begun . |
| 6 | Some Arabs in a tent gave them a little water and then the exhausted men finally stumbled into an outpost of the King 's Dragoon Guards . |
| 7 | At the risk of sounding smug , my ornamental kitchen garden gave me no such problems . |
| 8 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |