Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [num] pound " in BNC.

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1 He gave me twenty pounds . ’
2 Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it .
3 she gave me ten pound in an envelope and she said this , this is for your trouble .
4 you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost
5 I gave you two pounds yesterday . ’
6 So if I gave you one pound fifty
7 And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave .
8 And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave .
9 Her Mum give , her Mum gave her thirty pounds one Saturday , for nuffink right .
10 Lyn gave him two pounds .
11 Yes cos I gave father the money for whatever it was , so , yeah , I gave him five pounds worth of change
12 Aye , I gave him twenty pound for that
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