Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr. Occhi got into the taxi , took £1 out of his wallet and gave it to the appellant who then , the wallet being still open , took a further £6 out of it . |
2 | And he took the medals out of his pocket and gave them to him . |
3 | He pulled a Marathon out of his pocket and gave it to Philip . |
4 | Lee took it out of his pocket and gave it to Philip . |
5 | Very slowly and carefully , Carl took it out of his pocket and gave it to him . |
6 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
7 | While she was thus engaged Chignell had summoned the hotel doctor , who presently ushered her into his sanctum and gave her something to drink , which tasted horrible but made her feel much better . |
8 | Anyway , I came back into his office and gave him his coffee , and was just getting down to a long bout of conveyancing when the phone in our room rang . |
9 | He searched in his pocket and gave her a box of England 's Glory . |
10 | When the sales were on , ‘ he 'd put his hand in his pocket and gave my mother sovereigns — ‘ Go and get them all something . ’ |
11 | He took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driver . |
12 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
13 | Having dismissed the Cabinet on Jan. 8 , the President on Jan. 21 , 1990 , reappointed the Prime Minister to his post and gave him the responsibility for bringing together a new ministerial team [ see p. 37174 ] , which was announced on Feb. 15 and sworn in on Feb. 17 [ see p. 37240 ] . |
14 | ‘ If she took her poor child back to his father and gave her husband a second chance , she would n't need money . ’ |
15 | He went to his mother and gave her a rare kiss . |
16 | He wrote a letter to his mother and gave it to Wilson . |
17 | Whereas George treated him as his brother and gave him everything he had . |
18 | He promptly re-employed Bobby as his assistant and gave him money in advance so that Hunt could , in turn , pay a nominal rent . |
19 | Between them they paid for his training and gave him his start in life . |
20 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
21 | Uncle Mick reached across his wife and gave him a heavy slap on the knee . |
22 | William smiled at his wife and gave her a large wink . |