Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pers pn] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave her a few days off when William went away . |
| 2 | Some of them smelt of oil or grease of a kind she did n't recognize I gave her a few samples from the labs without telling her what they were and she picked out gun oil as being the nearest . |
| 3 | I gave him a few of the arsenical tablets I had used in my only cure . |
| 4 | After that I got us on to less dangerous ground , and I gave him a few tit-bits of intelligence , which was probably what he 'd been after . |
| 5 | And erm we er I gave him a few tips on what to revise on |
| 6 | She gave him a few things , all invented , and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger . |
| 7 | He gave me a few quick , curious glances from time to time as I slowly sipped my coffee , but he did not appear to have heard any of the rumours . |
| 8 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 9 | Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified . |
| 10 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 11 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 12 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 13 | He gave it a few more minutes . |
| 14 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 15 | It gave me a few minutes to stop and think about what the hell I was doing . |