Example sentences of "they [vb past] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 2 | They slowed to give themselves a respite but realized in the succeeding moment that they had run into a dead end . |
| 3 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 4 | And if they did give you the sack you would be walked away to the army I expect . |
| 5 | and erm , and then every time the poor women went to get off stage he says oh Joan you ca n't go , come here , let's , he said we ca n't just give you that so he , he called her back and they bought give her a rabbit |
| 6 | They had to give me a brandy , I were in a right state me ! |
| 7 | to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days |
| 8 | They had to give it a quarter turn you see with a spanner . |
| 9 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 10 | They had given her a list . |
| 11 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 12 | But to teach the man a lesson they had given him a supply of twigs that were old and weak ; poor twigs for making brooms with . |
| 13 | They wanted to give everyone an equal opportunity at the beginning of their lives , in health and in education . |
| 14 | ‘ They wanted to give you a birthday present . |