Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he says that Mr. Owen , thereupon , ‘ gravely , but very tenderly rebuked my pride , and gave me for my theme : ‘ Ne sutor ultra crepidam ’ ’ ( ‘ Let the cobbler stick to his last ’ ) . |
| 2 | After we had drunk the coffee , Kelly said , ‘ Do you notice that I 'm still wearing the blue boots you gave me for my birthday ? |
| 3 | I happened to let slip how much James gave me for it . |
| 4 | I mean , the penknife you gave me for Christmas was very nice but it does n't cut things . |
| 5 | ‘ I showed him my brooch — the one you gave me for my birthday — and I asked him about his birthday . |
| 6 | It 's worth three times what he gave me for it . ’ |
| 7 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The one I gave you for Christmas ? ’ |
| 9 | She said , " I gave Bert the money he gave you for your fine . " |
| 10 | I 'd just like to add that included in the numbers that I gave you for Camco were not just redundancy costs , but costs of closures of sales offices , distribution networks and some other special one-time charges , so it 's not pure redundancy when you look at the numbers that I gave you earlier on . |
| 11 | ‘ I should have recognised that you were a stronger character than that , and accepted your delight in the presents my father gave you for what it was — sheer , innocent pleasure . ’ |
| 12 | Did you do anything with the erm names we gave you for nil absence ? |
| 13 | I keep a record of the book number that you are given , that 's another record that I 've written down here , and then I keep , within that record , I keep details of your marks all the way across , what I gave you for your erm attainment and effort grades progress checks , your exam marks and so on . |
| 14 | She was abandoned by her mother when she was a year old , and her father gave her for adoption . ’ |
| 15 | He did , however , mention his Stunt Bat which Graham Mackereth gave him for giving a speech . |
| 16 | In a civil action at Wick Sheriff Court , Surria Amin is suing her brother-in-law , Mohammed Hafeez , for the return of money and jewels she says she gave him for safe-keeping pending settlement of her husband 's estate . |
| 17 | He jumped down and grabbed one , I ran after him , trod on the screws , fell , hurting my gouty foot and breaking the blue vase Auntie Dolly gave us for christmas . |