Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] gave [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 2 | Elaine did n't register my birth before she gave me to Mum , and no one seemed to know anything about her , or where she was from . |
| 3 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 4 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 5 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
| 6 | She could feel his heartbeat against her breast and it gave her a feeling of longing she had never experienced before . |
| 7 | Frankenstein created a man but he was so disgusted by its sight that he gave it no name . |
| 8 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 9 | Wilson knew she was being patronised if not mocked outright , but no trace of expression crossed her face and it gave her satisfaction that she knew it did not . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave . |
| 12 | He gave us his story and we gave him ours . |
| 13 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 14 | This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up . |
| 15 | Surely , do we know if we receive him and believe in his name and he gave us the power to become |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous |
| 19 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 20 | I lost me prescription when he gave me , and we 've been away . |