Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not wanting to offend , I gave them a try and ended up almost throwing the box away , but instead I put them aside in a small corner of my studio . |
| 2 | I gave them a choice . |
| 3 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 4 | They took me to West End Central and , instead of telling them what had really happened , I gave them a story . |
| 5 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 6 | I gave them a sense of pride . |
| 7 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 8 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
| 9 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
| 10 | I gave them a cup of Ruski čaj [ Russian tea ] , and that made them very , very happy , ’ |
| 11 | I gave them the address where he was living . |
| 12 | When Victor and I gave them the slip at Victoria station they knew we were onto them . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I gave them the afternoon and she said , Oh that was lovely Mrs . |
| 15 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |
| 16 | She added : ‘ I gave them the bag and then they ran off . |
| 17 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 18 | In a ghost town , silent and deserted as the Marie Celeste , I gave myself a history lesson . |
| 19 | I gave myself a minute or two to get my nerves under control and ventured outside the cloud , briefly at first then more confidently when it was apparent that the danger had passed . |
| 20 | I gave myself a pat on the back though and carried on through Cross Rift into Selenite Passage where the rock sparkles with the glassy selenite running through the walls . |
| 21 | So I gave myself the day off . ’ |
| 22 | I gave her a rope , and told her to catch a horse and join the others who were cut off from the camp . |
| 23 | I gave her a pen . |
| 24 | If I gave her a pencil she 'd chuck it back at you . |
| 25 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 26 | I gave her a squeeze . |
| 27 | When she was ninety , I gave her a surprise birthday party in a pub near here , on top of a hill . ’ |
| 28 | I gave her a pound . |
| 29 | I gave her a pound Oh you 'll have to get him vaccinated . |
| 30 | We got settled down in a couple of cane chairs , and I gave her a cigarette . |