Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ? |
| 3 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 4 | The essential point , however , is not what advantage any one party might derive from the WGMS : it is the assurance that unless you choose to give it to some tiny party your second vote will count . |
| 5 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 6 | He had given her the capital for the first one on their twentieth wedding anniversary , when he had already bought a Georgian pendant that he dearly wished her to have , but before he chanced giving it to her he had asked her what she would like , and she told him . |
| 7 | and there was one week that Pat came , because I used to get the meat off of the van by the gate then , and I do n't know what it was this week , but I bought the meat ready minced and when I come to give it to you , I knew there 'd be complaints , I do n't know what we were having |
| 8 | Christine paused most meaningfully … ‘ she said as you had given it to her , sir . |