Example sentences of "[subord] [art] [noun] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pa bought it at Faversham market where the man gave it away for ten pounds . |
| 2 | Although the merger gave them the chance to start Andy claims they could ‘ never ’ have done it without it — the recession has taken clients and exposure has been ‘ painful ’ on occasions . |
| 3 | Although the polls give him the lowest performance rating of any post-war leader , Mr Major doubted there would be a challenge this year . |
| 4 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 5 | In a third shop I was moderately interested in one particular model until the assistant gave me a global price for a computer , printer and so on . |
| 6 | Dismount ( in the case of a threeday event , wait until the steward gives you permission ) and loosen the girths and the nose-band a couple of holes then walk the horse quietly back to the box for washing down . |
| 7 | I 've heard them say if the owners gave them their fare home from Lowestoft to Darsham , that 's all they had . |
| 8 | Give Nosey a good kicking if the bastard gives you any trouble . ’ |
| 9 | We 're all really close to each other , so if the lads give me a good track with some good bits that turn me on , I want to do well for them , I wan na get some lyrics out they 'd like . |
| 10 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 11 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 12 | If a friend gave you this list of reasons why they could not love themselves , what would you say ? |
| 13 | I 'll be back beneath it when the bird bans come off the rest of this stretch of coast on August 15th , unless the military gives me a very good reason not to in the interim . |
| 14 | Spain is a Euro-enthusiast partly because the EC gives it lots of regional aid , and partly because its policy of ‘ convergence ’ reassures foreign investors that Spain will get richer and continue to be a good home for investment . |
| 15 | The only reason I came here was because the Madam gave me your name and said that with your underworld connections you might be able to help me find someone . " |
| 16 | Fine songs such as ‘ Mean To Me ’ or ‘ I Ca n't Get Started ’ appear to be close to perfect here but such trifles as ‘ With Thee I Swing ’ and ‘ You 're Too Lovely To Last ’ are just as charming because the singer gives them the same sensitive treatment . |
| 17 | Results indicated that the ‘ houseplant group ’ lived significantly longer than a matched control group , perhaps simply because the plants gave them some extra purpose in life . |
| 18 | Whereas the boys Give me the pie Get off my steps or something |
| 19 | The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics . |
| 20 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 21 | Before the Minister gives us , once again , the sterile old argument about the number of empty council properties , I point out that the number of empty council properties is far fewer than the number of empty properties owned by the Government . |
| 22 | Lynsey , glamorous singer-songwriter , met Courtney after a friend gave him her telephone number . |
| 23 | Robert was almost on the edge of confessing everything , when the headmaster gave him a brotherly squeeze . |
| 24 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 25 | ‘ My heart is completely enchanted with all these pleasures , because it is so jolly on this journey , because it is so warm in the carriage and because our coachman is a fine fellow who , when the road gives him the slightest chance , drives so fast . |
| 26 | " When the Madam gave me the keys and deeds of this house in Easter week , 1916 , she said that it was mine , that she had no further use for it . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 28 | When the forwards gave them the ball in the opening four tour wins they proved that with 13 tries . |
| 29 | According to the map it was there , but the fact that the dwellings seemed half hidden by the trees and were the same colour as the desert gave me a tinge of doubt . |
| 30 | Endill 's whole body breathed a sigh of relief as the Headmaster gave him the letter . |