Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All credit to Gavin gave me the ball in the end , with a little persuasion . |
| 2 | God gave them the lands in sacred trust , thousands of years ago . |
| 3 | When the forwards gave them the ball in the opening four tour wins they proved that with 13 tries . |
| 4 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 5 | Carter gave them the lead in real ding dong of a game … |
| 6 | ‘ That headache has tightened you up all over — or perhaps it was the tightness that gave you the headache in the first place . ’ |
| 7 | I gave her the cheque in the bedroom . |
| 8 | When they divorced he gave her the house in a clean break settlement and paid twenty pounds a week maintenanace . |
| 9 | Alice gave her the bag in which Catherine 's disposable nappies were and a change of clothes and she put the two bottles of formula into the fridge . |
| 10 | We gave him the part in the end and I think it was a great boost for him . |
| 11 | The man who gave us The Romans in Britain still knows how to make an audience feel uncomfortable . |
| 12 | He went there before you , as did your grandfather Cornelius Swift , who gave us the vases in the hallway and the stuffed baboon I had to throw out because of the fleas . |