Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pair ignored us completely and gave us superb views of yet another extremely rare endemic bird of the Seychelles . |
| 2 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 3 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 4 | She was teasing , but I answered , ‘ I 'd guess Mercer assured the waiter he would n't be fired and took him aside and gave him twenty dollars . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Listen , Kate , maybe someone took her there and gave her the drugs … . ’ |
| 6 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |
| 7 | Mr Goldin 's team started with a clean slate — but then Congress took it away and gave them one with lots already on it . |
| 8 | Much as she would have liked to stay , Penny had to hurry home with her budgie , but she learned later that Brownie Owl got the puppy out of the tree and took it home and gave it food . |
| 9 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 10 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 11 | She opened her mouth and closed it again and gave me a hard look . |