Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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61 Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face .
62 Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd
63 Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please .
64 ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’
65 ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says .
66 ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says .
67 I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty
68 Someone in the village I imagine gave them use of a phone . ’
69 But er I hope to give you an idea for that .
70 What can I do to give you an orgasm ?
71 that 's right , and he gets some unemployment money and I take ten pounds a week off him , for his food , I mean , it 's not enough but it 'll do , you know and then in dribs and drabs begrudgingly from that forty over the week once he starts to run out of money cos he 's paid once a fortnight I begin to give him his karate money and here 's two pounds fifty to go to the pub with Neil , you know , little bits
72 She is already in her nightdress , and I stand up holding my toothbrush like I 've found the present I forgot to give her .
73 Oh I forgot to give him them .
74 I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys .
75 You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you .
76 I forgot to give you this back . ’
77 Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him .
78 When people seem to be falling down , I like to give them the opportunity to right themselves .
79 I like women , Katherine , I like to give them pleasure and to take it .
80 I like to give it and go .
81 I like given it up now .
82 She was a very nice girl named Eugena , I think , and there were guards at the end of the hotel corridors , I remember giving them the slip and wandering around Khabarovsk on my own in a snowstorm , only to be told the next day that there was quite a bit of excitement in the city during the night because a Siberian tiger had come into the city and was wandering the streets at the same time I was !
83 Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing !
84 " I forbore to give you all the details of your great-aunt 's will the other day , Sara , " Mr. Crowther droned on .
85 What must I have given you ?
86 I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday .
87 It happened during the final couple of years of my marriage when , tired of the humiliation my husband 's affairs imposed on me , I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine .
88 When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five .
89 By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth .
90 So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience ,
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