Example sentences of "[pers pn] gives [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matt put in , ‘ Departing guests pay their accounts at the office , where she gives them a receipt , and Ling takes his list of commodities to her — things to be ordered for the kitchen , you understand . ’ |
| 2 | I hope she gives him a right going over . ’ |
| 3 | She gives him a tin of Coke ( line 32 ) . |
| 4 | She gives him a snack ( line 15 ) . |
| 5 | Because I am 84 and live alone , she also pops in every morning and evening to ensure I am all right , and she gives me a bath once a week . |
| 6 | She gives me a valium . |
| 7 | She gives me a lot of stick for it . |
| 8 | Lisa , her Mum gives her about every Saturday she gives her a tenner , but if she 's going out she gets a lot of money right . |
| 9 | She gives us a cup of tea at the kitchen table . |
| 10 | When a length has been rigged between one radial cable and another , she gives it a twang with one of her legs and the glue breaks up into a line of beads . |
| 11 | She gives you a tour of that painting in cheerful detail , noting with satisfaction that she had managed to achieve in part of the backdrop the right kind of ‘ girny ’ blue . |
| 12 | As a consequence of nos 2 , 3 , 4 , she gives you a T-shirt with Have You Met Jesus To-Day ? printed on the front . |
| 13 | Oh , her husband may chatter but I doubt if he gives her a blow by blow account of English activities in France . |
| 14 | [ He gives her a pair of diamond earrings . ] |
| 15 | Well , you know , practically , the governor or the head you see , he knows what he 's got ta work , but erm , I , I know because the lads do n't , but he generally tells them well I wan na work so and so and he gives me a bit of paper with the horses names on wants galloping . |
| 16 | And he gives me a look of a kind that I do n't altogether like . |
| 17 | What I was going to do was erm just get a good quality joiner have he gives me a price for doing that and then I basically sell the advertising . |
| 18 | Here are some examples : ( 202 ) He gives me a stroke on the head with his cane ; bids me carry that to my master . |
| 19 | He gives me a lift to work . |
| 20 | So he gives him a pint of water , he goes and sits with the other ones . |
| 21 | He gives him a petrol account and then he sa he 's started in the building . |
| 22 | I 'm sure he gives them a lot of his time but if you practise and play that much … hell , you have got to do so many other things as well . ’ |
| 23 | Er he gives them a lot of moral support and in their blast off parties when they 're ready to go out and conduct the missile competition , er he really stirs the pot and gets the guys moving . |
| 24 | You start to move and he comes he gives you a horn warning swerves around and carries on up the road . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean he gives you a look sometimes and you start laughin' ! ’ |
| 26 | It would be a bit like choosing to go and spend all Sunday afternoon discussing skin diseases with your 75-year-old deaf aunty in Coatbridge , instead of taking up your boyfriend 's offer of a day in bed at an expensive country house hotel , drinking champagne while he gives you a bit of a seeing to . |
| 27 | he gives you a kiss which is more than neighbourly |
| 28 | Yeah , and if goes in for a pint he gives you a packet now . |
| 29 | He gives you an ice cream and you give him a kiss " , that sort of thing . |
| 30 | It was a a well pitched up ball , I like , I like love Tufnell when he gives it a bit of a , on the off stump . |