Example sentences of "they gave [pers pn] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave me two options , basically one was to take the system down for twenty four hours and er while they got , they caught up with the jobs which I , I , I 've knocked on the head . |
| 2 | They gave me two days to decide — two days of hell . ’ |
| 3 | and we will give you a er , two addresses , and so they gave me two addresses and and to reach people at I 've done the job quite well . |
| 4 | They gave me 26 quid this week but I rummaged through the shed and found a couple of things to stick in as prizes . |
| 5 | it 's not it 's my Walkman , they gave me a Walkman , they gave me twenty tapes , I 'm not joking |
| 6 | For dinner they gave me three kinds of meat — a square of beef , a triangle of chicken and a circle of lamb . |
| 7 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 8 | If they gave you ten sums , you were allowed to get only one wrong . |
| 9 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 10 | ‘ It did n't cause us any problems , and they gave us 1,200 lempiras ( $300 ) . |
| 11 | Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps . |
| 12 | They gave us six piasters and told us it was advance pay for work on a rubber plantation not far away . |
| 13 | One police source said last night : ‘ They gave us 30 minutes to find four separate devices in a huge area like that . |