Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave her the bare outline of your problem , Leonora — it was necessary to explain why I wanted an X-ray in a hurry . |
| 2 | I gave him the standard treatment and told him to come back immediately if he did n't get better . ’ |
| 3 | I gave him the bad news without preamble . |
| 4 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 5 | Is the way you go about a task exactly the same as that one I gave you the other day . |
| 6 | ‘ Those papers I gave you the other evening — ’ |
| 7 | Why do you think I why do you think I gave you the fucking job eh ? |
| 8 | ‘ I gave you the wrong impression about our relationship . |
| 9 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 10 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 11 | Whoops … we gave you the wrong phone number for Xalt Inc last week . |
| 12 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 13 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 14 | He gave her the gleaming smile she detested . |
| 15 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 16 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 17 | He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story : the thirty-five-foot mountain he 'd ridden on 5 January 1985 . |
| 18 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 19 | He gave us the following answers : |
| 20 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 21 | It gave her the uncomfortable feeling of being turned inside out for better examination . |
| 22 | And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par . |
| 23 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 24 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 25 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |