Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him . |
| 2 | They seemed to be doing fine , but just to be on the safe side we gave them another four days to adapt . |
| 3 | When we fed them before the winter we gave them proper er fertilizer for things that need acid soil . |
| 4 | In return he gave them other ground at the rear of the church and also on the right-hand side of the new road and bordering Killicomaine Road . |
| 5 | Last month I gave you some homework . |
| 6 | The Commission was supposed to be guided in its deliberations by the Nazimov Rescript , the programme adopted by the Main Committee in December 1858 , and the schemes devised by the provincial gentry committees , but the first and third of these were too conservative for its taste and in the first year of its life it gave them short shrift . |
| 7 | " But it 's a good thing I gave her that extra lavage yesterday . " |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | No doubt it gave him more time to enjoy his new pride and joy , a Harley Davidson , classic Hells Angels style motorcycle . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's not the impression you gave me last weekend at Casa Sciorto , Caroline . ’ |
| 12 | About time we gave it another whirl . |
| 13 | For dinner they gave me three kinds of meat — a square of beef , a triangle of chicken and a circle of lamb . |
| 14 | ‘ The brooch gave us the right clue — in fact it gave us two . |