Example sentences of "she [vb past] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 2 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect it 's Vera — she promised to give me a recipe for salmon mousse . |
| 4 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
| 5 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 6 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 7 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 8 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 9 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 10 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 11 | Hesitating , she risked giving him a haunted look . |
| 12 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |
| 13 | She decided to give him a treat . |
| 14 | It was all she needed to give her a chance to retaliate . |
| 15 | But she did give him a hefty shove and he nearly fell . |
| 16 | She thought she had given him a very tricky word , one that he would n't yet have learned , and she was peeved that he had succeeded . |
| 17 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 18 | She had given him no answer but had stared at him and he had come back quickly , saying , ‘ That was a daft thing to say ; you always manage . ’ |
| 19 | She had given him no opportunity to indicate that there was an old friend with him — not that there was , at that point , but there might have been , and if there had been , it was hardly his fault if Alexandra had chosen to come knocking on the door without giving him a chance to explain — and then getting stroppy when she found someone had got there before her . |
| 20 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 21 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 22 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 23 | She had given him an ideal ; she had given him what appears to have been unfailing and uncritical support : he was never as an adult to be easy without one woman on whom he could totally rely . |
| 24 | Once again she had given him an order . |
| 25 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 26 | When her mother-in-law got off the tram , Anna , waving to her , felt glad she had given her a bar of Zoya 's soap . |
| 27 | She had given her a tiny dose of medicine just before the explosion , and now Julia closed her eyes . |
| 28 | She had given herself a fair amount of time to get to Luke 's , and if she left the motorway at the next junction and did n't hang around she 'd be only a little late at the most . |
| 29 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 30 | She should stop him , should grab that exploring finger , but something within her refused to give him the satisfaction . |