Example sentences of "they gave [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lobbyists must report contributions without specifying whom they gave them to . |
| 2 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 3 | would like to thank managers and staff at the branch for the support they gave him during his recent illness . |
| 4 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 5 | They gave everyone around them a more unpleasant outlook on life . |
| 6 | They gave themselves to each other naturally , confident that she would take and hold as he would thrust and that she would give to let him thrust again — long and deep , longer and deeper , longer and deeper still — till both their hearts were thudding and each was lost in the act . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do you think they gave it to you ? ’ |
| 8 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 9 | They used this when they were one-night-standing and eventually they gave it to me . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They gave it to you in Italian ? ’ |
| 11 | They gave it to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 12 | and half of it is rubbish and decent rubbish and that 's rubbish there it is I knew it was in here somewhere I knew I thought it was in the Prima they gave it to you but obviously it was erm in Essentials everything out of there do n't think they had many Christmas You used to was it you , you see you can make your own , was it you that we went up to town that time and brought those erm from John Lewis the round |
| 13 | I thought Janet 's own car , I thought they gave it to Greg 's brother ? |
| 14 | Cos erm they gave it to this woman and the woman gave it to me . |
| 15 | No they gave it to me |
| 16 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 17 | A GREAT big thank you to the people of Liverpool , especially for the magnificent reception they gave us on the march-past on Saturday morning . |
| 18 | Figures they gave us from surveys carried out for the Inter-Bank Research Organisation by the British Market Research Bureau confirmed this , but showed that people in social classes A , B and C1 are still twice as likely to have a bank account as people in social classes D and E , and that the higher someone 's income the greater is the likelihood of their having a bank account . |