Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three sons I had given him , and still he did not love me as I was so desperate to be loved . |
| 2 | She is already in her nightdress , and I stand up holding my toothbrush like I 've found the present I forgot to give her . |
| 3 | Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art . |
| 4 | I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble . |
| 5 | I found it folded in a corner , still heavy with the perfume of the Sheikha who had given it to me . |
| 6 | The fan who had given him the pen had had L. M. inscribed on it . |
| 7 | Just having David there seemed to give him confidence and Nick showed signs of playing really well . |
| 8 | By then his triumphs there had given him something of the aura of the awaited one : his following was already in place ; he needed only to organize it . |
| 9 | During that journey I had only travelled among the Adoimara , and at Bilen they had given me alarming accounts of the ferocity of the Asaimara in Bahdu . |
| 10 | After a confrontation he refused to give her the bottle . |
| 11 | ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse . |
| 12 | While Elizabeth was in Athens I had given her a proof copy . |
| 13 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 14 | Her response — such a lighting up of her face — made me remember how few times it was likely she had been kissed in her whole life : not as a child , by the parents who had given her away ; not by her old foster parents ; not often , I guessed , even by Beatrice and her boys . |
| 15 | But if you were playing with a drummer who liked to give it some wallop , you 'd soon be lost in terms of volume , and that would piss you off a bit . |
| 16 | The only payment she had received was from Charles Briant who had given her a generous bonus for her extra work on his boots . |
| 17 | General Orsborn recognised both him and the young Australian who had given him such a memorable welcome to her homeland . |
| 18 | ‘ If it is n't Miss Cornflower , the lady who refused to give me a lift . ’ |
| 19 | The police , most of whom I knew , because of the great help they had given us when we had been burgled a couple of years earlier , said no , they did n't have the key , and in any case it was the council who must be approached . |
| 20 | Half an hour later , I was in a forest eating the bread they had given me . |
| 21 | I could only speculate whether the industrial activity required to produce the clock radio and the telephone they wanted to give me , and all the ongoing activity to service those industries and their customers , would not cause more pollution , lead to more acid rain , and so destroy more trees than the one they planned to plant for me . |
| 22 | And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday . |
| 23 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 24 | When Wycliffe returned from talking to Sidney he had to give them a statement . |
| 25 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 26 | I know that three days before they were killed , twenty-five people were invited to that house for the mass whipping of a dealer from Sunset Strip who 'd given them some bad dope . |
| 27 | There was no emotion in his voice ; but I was thinking of Alison , of that last look she had given me . |
| 28 | yes , and er , that , that 's one of the plants I had given me , yeah I have some lov I have some lovely presents you know really great they are , quite nice at the part we , we have a , the children they , they er have games for the children to start with we do for the grandchildren you see and then er we have the dancing and the erm disco , it was great , we have a lovely party every October we have and I have all my friends we had about a hundred and eighty this year I think , must of been |
| 29 | Then , the moment he had given it up , the old Hunt returned . |
| 30 | Her backside still burned from the blistering spanking he 'd given her , and now a queue of men were gloating over her nudity through the open door . |