Example sentences of "and gave [pers pn] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Five minutes later , an Arab in a small blue van stopped and gave me a few kilos of tangerines . |
2 | Gould wrote , though , to prince , and gave him a few rare but welcome words of encouragement and recognition for all his trouble . |
3 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
4 | And it but the erm the goats apparently were no problem today , they just stayed on and gave them a few bits and pieces you know so that was fair enough . |
5 | I hired a karaoke machine , went down the pub and gave 'em a few numbers ; ‘ Girl From Ipanema ’ , ‘ I Write The Songs ’ . |