Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] some [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In desperation your mother gave me some home movies they 'd made over the years , and I watched a chubby five-year-old with a cheeky grin and eyes like pansies . |
| 2 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 3 | Anyhow I gave them some antibiotic powder to put in its drinking water just in case it had a mild infection and they went away happy and said they would tell their friends . ’ |
| 4 | Next I gave her some lavender essence to put in the bath ( a tin bath in front of the kitchen range ) . |
| 5 | Mrs ze Schluderpacheru had taken pity on him , and gave him some sweeping-up chores in return for room and board and the occasional session with Fat Juanita . |
| 6 | The weapons systems gave him some readiness read-outs . |
| 7 | We gave him a drink , we gave him some chocolate buttons , we gave me a big |
| 8 | Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space . |
| 9 | I remember Mrs Seaton gave us some mince pies and we ate them hot , sitting on the floor in front of the tree — just the two of us . |