Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] gave [pers pn] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 2 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 3 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 4 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 5 | I wondered if he would let me turn the handle if I gave it to him . |
| 6 | You 'd like mink if somebody gave it to you . |
| 7 | He asked you for life , and you gave it to him — |
| 8 | " I love the idea of that sort of gift , because it 's so special and you always remember where it came from and who gave it to you . " |
| 9 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 10 | And she gave it to you . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 12 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 13 | Years later he found a diary he had kept as a schoolboy in 1940 , two years before I became really aware of him , and he gave it to me . |
| 14 | But he had an address for you , and he gave it to me … |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ we witnessed the will and he gave it to us to look after it … ’ |
| 16 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 17 | But I gave it to him you know . |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't sell one unless you gave it to me , ’ was Ray 's reply … in the next consignment was a four-inch monstrosity with a cryptic note : ‘ This is your gift , ha ha ! ’ |
| 19 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 20 | but he gave them to me practically |
| 21 | No , that is from the computer but he gave it to me because he uses the monitor . |
| 22 | Dr Burstead — when I gave it to him he put it in his mouth and bit it to see that it was a good 'un . |
| 23 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |