Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] give [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now all I 'm saying is that he undertook to give us those in forty eight hours . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 3 | Erm it would have been better if they 'd given you some information to say , They all voted for at least one |
| 4 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 5 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 6 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 7 | But he had given it all up and returned to the business world as a marketing executive . |
| 8 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 9 | We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
| 11 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
| 12 | He had despised her thoroughly ever since she had given him some dire warnings about the state of his aura , and he felt she would be perfect for this review . |
| 13 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 14 | ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’ |
| 15 | Oh I did n't know she she really when she said give it some . |
| 16 | ‘ Love , ’ she said , promptly , for she had given it some thought . |