Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily he had no ammunition for the rifle and gave himself up after Omar , who had caught up with us , put two more shots over his head . |
| 2 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |
| 3 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 4 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
| 5 | before he was married his employer pictures off the wall and gave them to him |
| 6 | His Dad pulled the arrow off the door and gave it to him . |
| 7 | He nodded at the reply he heard , took off the headset and gave it to me . |
| 8 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |
| 9 | I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink . |
| 10 | But Felix Road was n't in the main town , nor yet on the outskirts ; it was situated to the north of the city and gave its name to the acres of housing that was home to the poor , the destitute , and the dregs of humanity . |
| 11 | He was not wise in the affairs of the world , nor did he wish to be : he simply challenged the normal assumptions of the world and gave his attention to eternal truths and individual souls . |
| 12 | She got out of the bath and gave herself a mental shake as she quickly towelled herself dry . |
| 13 | Seeing how low she was , Anthony decided that she needed to get out of the house and gave her reluctant permission to spend half of each day in court . |
| 14 | Baldwin showed them some of the curiosities of the house and gave them tea in the Long Gallery , which lie described with more pride than accuracy as ‘ the finest room in England ’ . |
| 15 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 16 | That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue . |
| 17 | ‘ But Urban the Eighth took the bronze from the inside of the dome and gave it to Bernini so he could create a baldacchino — a canopy — for the papal altar in Saint Peter 's . ’ |
| 18 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 19 | So it was that , at a highly important summit in the Hague in December 1969 , several major decisions were taken which breathed new life into the Community and gave something to both France and her partners . |
| 20 | He took me into the office and gave me a chair . |
| 21 | When they returned to the centre Rachel and Nina applied light dressings to the scalds , then took the two ladies into the rest-room and gave them sweet tea to help them recover from shock . |
| 22 | Quinn pushed open the street-door , which opened outwards , closed it behind him , dropped a wooden wedge he had carved in the privacy of the toilet under the sill and gave it a hard kick . |
| 23 | Camille fell to her knees from the sofa and gave her mother 's leg a patronizing pat . |
| 24 | He finished typing , took the paper from the machine and gave it to her . |
| 25 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 26 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |
| 27 | ‘ Some bloke tried to stop us jamming in the lobby and gave us loads of attitude , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Called us all in the lounge and gave us a |
| 29 | The single median fins down the mid-line of their backs or undersides prevented them from spinning in the water and gave them a degree of stability , but none had paired lateral fins . |
| 30 | The notion of asking ‘ circular questions ’ is a helpful way of developing these interactions , i.e. ‘ Mrs Smith , you had a similar experience to Mr White , how did you cope ? ’ , or ‘ You 've taken tranquillizers in the past and gave them up , what would you say to somebody like Mrs Jones ? ’ |