Example sentences of "and [pron] gave we " in BNC.

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1 And you gave us ta you gave him a , you gave us tablets .
2 Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life .
3 So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along .
4 Her Father had been a District Officer in N. Nigeria in the 1920's , and she gave us letters ; a diary ; some amazing old photographs and a telegram ; and , perhaps best of all , the mementoes of Piccin , the baby leopard reared by the family and then given to Edinburgh Zoo in 1929 .
5 And she gave us these so I said , well I 've given her towels , wait and give it her for next .
6 We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction .
7 They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity .
8 ‘ Finally , we went to the office and they gave us a cheque , which bounced . ’
9 ‘ They 're cheaper to run and they gave us more flexibility on positioning , ’ Wren adds .
10 For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA .
11 I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water .
12 ‘ It did n't cause us any problems , and they gave us 1,200 lempiras ( $300 ) .
13 And they gave us a sheet .
14 Er we 've got a little few earmarked funds left over like for instance , Theakston 's Brewery gave us the barrels and they gave us two and a half thousand pounds .
15 He had spent several years in the Sudan and he gave us a tip : ‘ Never take a taxi there , ’ he said , ‘ without fixing the price for the journey before you get in . ’
16 But he had it and he gave us food and wine out of it so we understood it was his .
17 Before leaving him , we shook hands and he gave us each a yellow , fine-pointed Biro pen with which he was so fond of writing : a signal and a last gesture of kindness .
18 Surely , do we know if we receive him and believe in his name and he gave us the power to become
19 I wish him the best because it is n't his fault the dickheads wanted to sell him , and he gave us 200 games of total commitment .
20 ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’
21 And then , the next day I went along and he actually caught the five foot one and ki and killed it and he gave us a load of steaks off it that I sort of
22 They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us !
23 He did no more than chip that one in as well , and it gave us the lead .
24 My feeble little quip was self-diminishing , it might raise a smile , it paid a homage to her own earlier remark , and it gave us a shared history .
25 I was told early on that it was possible that your Royal Highness would be able to be there and indeed you were and it gave us all one of the most unforgettable nights .
26 ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’
27 ‘ They appreciated the peace it gave them from the ones who wound them up and it gave us peace .
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