Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were both ready mum dropped me in Ipswich , gave me some extra money for some food at lunchtime and some school shoes and went to her course . |
| 2 | Neil invited me into his office — the only room in the building with even the vaguest resemblance to modern architectural demands — and gave me some cheap wine and a Benson & Hedges . |
| 3 | He gave me some good news . |
| 4 | ‘ The university gave me some nice dinners and said ‘ do n't worry about coming back to work . |
| 5 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 6 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 7 | William Douglas gave me some old women 's clothes . |
| 8 | Mr Coary gave me some enormous sheets of paper and I began to draw . |
| 9 | She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot . |
| 10 | It 's about time the IRA gave them some definite information . |
| 11 | Results indicated that the ‘ houseplant group ’ lived significantly longer than a matched control group , perhaps simply because the plants gave them some extra purpose in life . |
| 12 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 13 | He recently gave her some free advice when she launched her own business . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's happened to old McWhirter ? ’ said Penny , deciding not to mention the comparison in the company of two young men who gave her some gratifying doggy devotion . |
| 15 | ‘ I gave her some poached chicken breast at lunchtime and she even managed a couple of scones for tea . ’ |
| 16 | I argued , I fought , but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible ; it gave him some strange consolation . |
| 17 | For instance , when Petrarch met the Emperor Charles IV at Mantua in 1354 he gave him some Roman coins with the words , ‘ Look , Caesar , on those whom you have succeeded ; look on those you should strive to emulate . ’ |
| 18 | Then Charley Bates and the Dodger took away Oliver 's expensive new suit , gave him some old clothes , and locked him up in a dark room . |
| 19 | He did not mention the patients charter , but he gave us some other insights into his approach to the problems . |
| 20 | ‘ Blufton gave us some important details you did n't know , ’ Blanche continued . |
| 21 | Harold gave us some wonderful stuff to keep the slugs off . ’ |
| 22 | As we said goodbye , her companion , Michel Cantal du Val , the president of Les Amis de Jean-Paul Kauffman , gave us some startling advice about how to convince the British public of the need for the Government to talk to the kidnappers . |