Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb past] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 2 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 3 | ‘ I had never met the man , but a friend had given him my number in case he could help me with my research , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 4 | One minute you discovered you could do a falsetto , the next that there was a reason why a woman had given you a sweet . |
| 5 | He was not a big man — only about five feet seven inches tall — but his years as a coachsmith had given him a body that was all muscle with not an ounce of fat . |
| 6 | Finally , it should be noted , that even if the plaintiff manages to overcome the hurdle of proving a duty existed to give him the information , he must still establish causation . |