Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] give [pers pn] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 2 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 3 | Their deafening boom tossed up lunar rainbows ; and Fenna gave them to Maggie for playthings and they dissolved in dark brightness between her fingers . |
| 4 | Ashmolean Museum , Oxford , has bought its first Poussin drawing , the ‘ View of the Tiber Valley ’ , attributed to Claude until Blunt gave it to Poussin , ( £156,450 , est. £70–100,000 ; NACF , NHMF , the Hulme Fund , and the Friends of the Ashmolean and the Purchase Grant Fund support ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |