Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] had given [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 I told him that Jo had given me the cash , though I was suitably vague as to exactly how I recovered her lost property .
2 It took a long talk from one of the Sisters of Charity to make him realise that God had given him the gift of his voice and he was to use his gift with religion to help these people .
3 She was so near to tears that her only outlet was to tell the whole sorry tale , including the news that Joanna had given her the day before .
4 If Schopenhauer had given him the notion of a personal vision of life , Wagner gave him first-hand knowledge of a creative talent and the ambition to emulate its cultural achievements .
5 What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all .
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