Example sentences of "[coord] gave [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also purchased seven drawings attributed to Michelangelo from the Woodburn sale at Christie 's in 1887 and gave them to the British Museum ( five are still accepted as autograph ) . |
| 2 | They took these from Father Christmas and gave them to the nurses , who gave them to the hospital children . |
| 3 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |
| 4 | I peeled off five hundreds and gave them to the officer . |
| 5 | He took off his glove , signed it and gave it to the boy . |
| 6 | But when Lucius Titius survived his will he sold his office , exacted a price , and gave it to the person to whom in his will he wished the office or its price to be given . |
| 7 | Mr. Occhi got into the taxi , took £1 out of his wallet and gave it to the appellant who then , the wallet being still open , took a further £6 out of it . |
| 8 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 9 | He took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driver . |
| 10 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 11 | Of his death , the only reference found is the entry in Maskelyne 's account book for 13 March 1784 : ‘ Recd of Mrs Grace Sisson , thro ’ the hands of Mr Henry Robin Auctioneer my dividend for £88.14.11 due to me from the Estate of the late Jerh Sisson — £15.0.0 — and gave it to the Widow . ’ |
| 12 | He plucked an apple from his pocket , God knows where he got it from , and gave it to the horse who munched it greedily . |
| 13 | Then one day a visitor called and gave me his card , so I just took it and gave it to the master in the drawing room . |