Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I just gave her a bit of a hand and these sort of questions where they 've got so many alternatives answers to fill the spaces
2 I just gave her a lift to the Fair . ’
3 Never off duty for a moment , he took her into his training school and soon gave her a booking in his spectacular , Jack and Jill .
4 In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being .
5 And because her bag was light , with only Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin in it , and her hopes as high as she ever allowed them to be , she smiled at everybody else who came her way , the fishmonger , the old-clothes dealer pushing his cart with its flea-ridden bundles ; the organ-grinder whose emaciated monkey , cowering sadly on his shoulder , always caused her a stab of pain :
6 And while she always spent a great deal of time and money on their Christmas presents , they only ever sent her a packet of scented drawer liners or a box of soap .
7 She sometimes wondered if he ever gave her a thought between departing from Taipei early on Monday mornings and his Friday evening returns .
8 He also made her a piece of toast .
9 She also gave her a sense of family background .
10 Then offered her a bunch of grapes and told her to sit down .
11 The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night .
12 Michelle 's bravery and determination recently won her a Businesswoman of the Year award .
13 ‘ He left my mother when I was four and never gave her a penny after that . ’
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