Example sentences of "give [pos pn] [noun] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've given my word to her mother that I will see to it that she does — she would n't have been allowed to come here on holiday otherwise , she would have been shut up in her mother 's apartment in Rome . ’ |
| 2 | It was n't many months ago that she had been offended by his exploring fingers , but tonight she had given her breast to his hand as if to a baby . |
| 3 | I 'll give my share to your mother and you can tell her you bought it from me ; that way she 'll be content and you 'll be a few pounds better off . |
| 4 | ‘ Give my love to my father . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Give my love to your sister . ’ |
| 6 | Give my love to your Mum & Dad & Gran if you see her . |
| 7 | ‘ Give my love to your mother , ’ said Liz . |
| 8 | Look , if you ca n't do sharing sums , give your readings to my assistant . |
| 9 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 10 | Sir Peter Ramsbotham , Foreign Office high-flier and Ambassador to the US in 1977 , fell to earth in Bermuda when James Callaghan wanted to give his job to his son-in-law , Peter Jay . |
| 11 | ‘ I gave my innocence to your ambition instead of to a man I loved ! ’ she heard her husky voice say . |
| 12 | She continued her angry and frustrated weeping , but was forced to question herself when her son also withdrew and gave his support to his father . |
| 13 | Firstly , there are the so-called pronouns of laziness ( Geach , 1962 : 125ff ) , as in Karttunen 's well-known sentence ( see Lyons , 1977a : 673ff ) : ( 93 ) The man who gave his paycheck to his wife was wiser than the man who gave it to his mistress where it is not co-referential with his paycheck , but refers to what a repetition of that NP would have referred to ( namely the paycheck of the man whose mistress got it ) if it had occurred in place of it . |
| 14 | Edward held still and gave his mind to his wife . |
| 15 | Alexei was always taken by surprise by the Yek talent for blunt speaking , ‘ That being the case , ’ he said , ‘ I am surprised you have given your consent to your daughter 's betrothal to me . ’ |
| 16 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |