Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |
| 2 | The boss went to Calgary and gave me the day off . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't mind telling you , Doctor , Mrs Carrow gave me the creeps sometimes when I took on looking after Miss Celia . |
| 4 | I sat up and he gave me the handkerchief out of his pyjama pocket . |
| 5 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 6 | I ca n't remember er , she gave me the reason why she wanted these for oh , he , he , he always wears his cuffs out or something . |
| 7 | I gave them the address where he was living . |
| 8 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 9 | paid but if you had a complete attendance they gave you the money back for your self which was quite er a good thing in these days when a a tanner was a tanner . |
| 10 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 11 | He gave her the money then , and said it was part of his retainer for the season . ’ |
| 12 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 13 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 14 | After posing for this snapshot , Arsenio gave him the brush off . |
| 15 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |
| 16 | Top analysts gave it the thumbs up and prices took off . |
| 17 | of general practitioners gave it the thumbs down . |