Example sentences of "and gave [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Yes , yes , ’ Athelstan murmured and gave Parchmeiner the details of Horne 's death .
2 The black-eyebrowed albatross was a frequent visitor to the Parsee , and gave Gould the chance to try out a crude but innovative experiment — one of the first attempts to tag and monitor a live sea bird .
3 The only classy Lions ' back move of the second half came when Tony Underwood and Gibbs made sharp breaks and gave Clement the chance to burst through tackles for a converted try .
4 Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for .
5 Charles resolved to travel to Rome to settle the feud , and gave Leo the protection of Frankish warriors to return home in the meantime .
6 After Oldsmobile 's factory burned down in 1901 , Ransom E Olds was forced to turn to contractors for the assembly of his single cylinder engine , and gave Leland the opportunity to prove his theory .
7 Mr McQueen joined them at table , and gave Johnson the kind of local knowledge he loved — the economics , way of life , problems of such an existence .
8 The 102nd Russian submarine fleet at Petropavlovsk has been alert ever since the international courts overruled the Soviet appeals and gave GenTech the right to conduct its surveys in the area .
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