Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] gave [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 2 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 3 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 4 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 5 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 6 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |
| 8 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 9 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 10 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 11 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 12 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 13 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 14 | There are lots of ways to walk to Fort William if that 's what you fancy , except now one of them is littered with lots of wooden posts with painted thistles , and hundreds of people trudging about who never thought of walking to Fort William until someone gave them the West Highland Way guide book for their Christmas . |
| 15 | Now if we were looking at these the other way up right if somebody gave you the triangle |
| 16 | In the morning after their breakfast coffee , he stood silently and balefully near her until she gave him the fare to Dublin . |
| 17 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 18 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 19 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 20 | Especially if it gave me the credibility to help a friend in need . |
| 21 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 22 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 23 | And he has come home this morning worn out with experience , all grief and all wonder , because she gave him the psaltery on which he played to her , and sent him a message straight out of the jongleurs ’ romances . |
| 24 | They joined in our events for young women , and devoured our publications , because it gave them the springboard for taking action themselves . |
| 25 | The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved . |
| 26 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
| 27 | When she gave him the number he just rang off and left her staring at the phone . |
| 28 | From this Time to that of her Death , few Days pass 'd in which I did not either see or hear from her ; for she gave me the Pleasure of seeing all her Poems as soon as they were finish 'd |
| 29 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 30 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |