Example sentences of "[pron] gave the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First I gave the divider cards headings : Snacks , Starters , Main Meals , Desserts . |
| 2 | Tired and hungry I gave the head Pooh-Bah a rap with the wrong end of the feather duster as I passed . |
| 3 | As soon as I saw you go down I gave the order to fire , ’ Moran said . |
| 4 | I gave the order to file out . |
| 5 | I gave the order . |
| 6 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 7 | There was always the option to call this off er to the very last moment when erm I gave the order for the officers to go in . |
| 8 | I gave the message to some chamberlain and staggered back . ’ |
| 9 | I gave the solicitors instructions to pursue C.T . |
| 10 | ‘ I gave the coin to the princess as a memento , ’ said Ms Brown . |
| 11 | I gave the money to a thankfully dumb-struck fiddle-player on Sauchiehall Street and walked away feeling like some sort of martyred saint . |
| 12 | The nurses carried out the usual steam tent preparations while I gave the child one dose of aconite . |
| 13 | I gave the promise . |
| 14 | I gave the kid a chooky-chooky on the chin . |
| 15 | As time went on this picture changed and I gave the cancer cells more cunning characteristics . |
| 16 | I gave the Seayak to eight students on a Plas-y-Brenin introductory course . |
| 17 | I think I did get a letter from you in Danu when you got back first all those years ago , I remember I gave the stamps to my nephew . |
| 18 | I gave the man a rare old race round . |
| 19 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 20 | It was ten P but I gave the man twenty P . |
| 21 | I gave the driver what he estimated the journey would cost . |
| 22 | ‘ Earlier today I gave the crown to my brother George . |
| 23 | Earlier today I gave the crown to my brother George . |
| 24 | ‘ I gave the caller the name of a vet who knows about reptiles and suggested joining the British Chelonia Group for owners . ’ |
| 25 | In March I gave the whole of the plot a dressing of blood , fish and bone fertiliser . |
| 26 | Three years ago , I gave the manuscript to another historian to read , Francois Bergot , inspecteur general des Musées de France , director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen , and a friend . |
| 27 | She said later : ‘ I gave the officer a ticking-off for calling me love . ’ |
| 28 | He had stolen £1,200 and , when asked why he only had £700 left , said : ‘ I gave the rest to a prostitute for sex . ’ |
| 29 | Since I gave the figures to the House last time , they have not been contradicted . |
| 30 | Mr Fallon told the 60-strong audience : ‘ That 's nonsense , I gave the figures to Hilary Armstrong . ’ |