Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave . |
| 2 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 3 | This gave them the key to predicting both the location and approximate intensity of the earthquakes , with a delay of between 7 and 11 hours from the prediction to the event . |
| 4 | ‘ When I last had the pleasure of meeting your honour , I gave you the answer to that one . |
| 5 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 6 | As the man at reception gave her the key to her room with a knowing look , Kelly reflected that she had n't felt so guilty since her teenage party days . |
| 7 | In the morning after their breakfast coffee , he stood silently and balefully near her until she gave him the fare to Dublin . |
| 8 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 9 | Opren , a drug for treating arthritis , received a product licence — which gave it the right to be marketed in the UK — in March 1980 from the then minister . |
| 10 | Donald , alas , had been dead for thirty years when Hilary Spurling published her admirable biography Ivy when Young and gave us the answers to our questions . |