Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] gave [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 2 | At the Red Cross warehouse , we were met by Stoyaeka who drove us to her house where she gave us a meal of soup , bread , stew and dumplings , all washed down with a very palatable local red wine . |
| 3 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 4 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 5 | ‘ Look , if you do n't want to tell me who you are , or what gave you the horrors , then do n't . |
| 6 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 7 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 8 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 9 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 11 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 12 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 13 | The militant , comprising four fields ( Kent , Scotland , South Wales and Yorkshire ) which consistently gave the strongest support to the strike call , although none gave it a majority at every ballot . |
| 14 | You were right , Bodo , saying to leave the matter alone — although you gave me a turn when you were so … so abrupt with the Sergeant . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She is n't important , never was important — except that she gave me a chance to get close to you again . ’ |
| 16 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 17 | She could have tried for goal , but Mike had an easier shot so she gave him a lightning , nearside , under-the-neck pass . |
| 18 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 19 | Once she gave me a wink and she has even pinched my bum . ’ |
| 20 | Now you could say that was perhaps maintenance , but it 's all been cleaned , it 's been repointed , there are new lanterns , they 've done all the paintwork and they made such a beautiful job of it , it 's really almost for the craftsmanship and the care that we gave them a certificate for that as well . |
| 21 | Room maids also suggested improving the honeymoon suite , so we gave them a project to look at suitable fabrics and rival hotel suites . |
| 22 | I think that day that they gave me a lift home . |
| 23 | She says that they gave them every assistance possible . |
| 24 | But anyway we , they must have been so impressed by the , the order that they got , that they gave us the agency for Galashiels and Selkirk for the Austin . |
| 25 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |
| 26 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 27 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 28 | Back on the recovery ship , they opened the hatch and there was Ham with his arms crossed , looking gloriously bored by the whole episode , so they gave him an apple ! |
| 29 | IMC could , but there was no legal way to transfer information — so they gave me a virus and I implanted it into the starsuits . |
| 30 | Anyway , so they gave us a bottle of wine . |